Esther was set to a libretto by the poet who lived in what city?
Esther (Meyerowitz opera) Esther is a 1956 English-language opera by Jan Meyerowitz to a libretto by Langston Hughes based on the biblical story in the Book of Esther. The opera was premiered at the Festival of Contemporary Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Eliakum Zunser Eliakum Zunser (Eliakim Badchen, Elikum Tsunzer) (October 28, 1836 – September 22, 1913) was a Lithuanian Jewish Yiddish-language poet, songwriter, and "badchen" who lived out the last part of his life in the U.S. A 1905 article in the "New York Times" lauded him as "the father of Yiddish poetry". About a quarter of his roughly 600 songs survive. He influenced and was influenced by Brody singer Velvel Zbarzher, although it is not believed that they ever met.