Esther

• Composer: Donald Sosin (b. 1951, New Rochelle, NY)
• Librettist: Sari Magaziner
• First performance: Opera Theatre of Long Island, March 1977
  • Subsequent performances by Almighty Theatre Co. (NY) in synagogues in Westchester and Long Island

Dramatis Personæ

Esther / Parvina (soprano)

Shula / Rula / Zeresh (mezzo-soprano)

Mordecai (baritone)

Ahashuerus (tenor)

Haman (bass)

Narrator (speaker)

• Length: 45-50 min
• Family audience
• Piano accompaniment; orchestration in progress
• Tape available from composer:
  PO Box 644
  Lakeville CT 06039

information provided by the composer, Donald Sosin, farmhouse@li.com