1st Night is a 2010 opera themed comedy film directed by Christopher Menaul and starring Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Mia Maestro, and Julian Ovenden.
Plot
1st Night is about a rich industrialist Adam (Richard E. Grant), who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living the capitalist's dream, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to throw an opera (Mozart's Così fan tutte)in his lavish country retreat. Once his friends see him belting out the notes, he feels sure it will spell the end to their shallow taunts. In fact, it might even help him win the hand of Celia (Sarah Brightman), the female conductor he has been pursuing whom - it just so happens - is the first to be recruited for his showpiece.
Cast
Mia Maestro as Nicoletta Lampedusa / Fiordiligi
Stanley Townsend as Paulo Prodi
Oliver Dimsdale as Philip Ford / Director
Julian Ovenden as Tom Chambers / Ferrando
Sarah Brightman as Celia / Conductor
Jane Howe as Audrey
Tessa Peake-Jones as Mrs, Hammond
KLAUS as Baskerville (dog) Emma Williams as Tamsin Ford / Dorabella Jack Walker as Eric Hammond Nigel Lindsay as Martin Mays / Guglielmo Richard E. Grant as Sir Adam Drummond / Don Alfonso Laura Power as Stella / Stage Manager Hugh Ross as Bunny / Costumes Andrew Massey as Nathan / Rehearsal Pianist (credited as Andy Massey) Susannah Fielding as Debbie Drew / Despina Alfie Boe (voice) as Ferrando/Julian Ovenden's singing voice