In his early operas the extremes are best represented by "I Lombardi" on one hand, with high aims and a lot of disparate parts, some of which work; and "I Due Foscari" on the other, with attempts at musical sophistication undercut by a plot so slender as hardly to exist.
Five hours later, at exactly the time I was due on stage in Reading, I woke up, still in Edinburgh, still at the gate, 10 missed calls on my mobile.
It was great because I could just prance in five minutes before I was due on.
Ben Wolfe FROM HERE I SEE The bassist Ben Wolfe admires elegance however it comes, and on "From Here I See," due out on MaxJazz on Tuesday, he finds it in a familiar form.
Big problem: I was due on the air in five minutes!
It was my first trip there and it had been in the local press that I was due on the island.
At the exit, a young woman tells a security guard, "I am due on stage in 15 minutes, and have to dress as a dolphin first".
With a slim plot and almost no action, "I Due Foscari," based on Byron's play about squabbling political families in 15th-century Venice, is ideally sung in concert.
When I graduated I was due to start on the Deloitte graduate scheme but I knew it wasn't for me so to hedge my bets I asked if I could postpone for a year, which they agreed to.
For example: "Is the project due on Thursday or Friday?" or "Did you understand the last chapter?" Make sure the note looks similar to the original that the teacher has already seen or they'll know you switched it.
I was past due on a credit card and got a call from a debt collector.
