1st Night

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 == References == == External links == 1st Night at IMDb