Other items will be raffled or auctioned also. For more information, call 828-7501. Monique McDonald Is Making Waves Durham-based soprano Monique McDonald , whose work has been reviewed on several occasions in these pages, has been making waves elsewhere of late. McDonald joined the roster of the New York City Opera in September of last year. Thus far, she has covered roles in Iphigenie en Tauride and Le nozze di Figaro.
Negotiations are underway for a major role next season.
Also since September, the singer has been affiliated with the Juilliard Opera Center. In January, she was selected by the Marilyn Horne Foundation to be a member of James Levine's first masterclass for singers, held on January 14. She participated in an honors recital at Alice Tully Hall on March 17, singing music by Falla that she performed for the first time in public here in the Triangle with the Mallarme Chamber Players. Call 682-9407 for more information. On May 2, former President George Bush, Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin and U.S. Senator Jesse Helms will climb the dunes to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on North Carolina's Outer Banks.