Finalizing the structure of the songs from Esther Chapter 1 through 2. Just running through
| Musical number | Source from the book | Contents |
| 1 | Esther 1:1-12 | Feast of Persia – Opening number to introduce the setting and the grandeur of Persia and Media and its 127 lands, and also setting up Queen Vashti’s refusal of the king’s command. |
| 2 | Esther 1:13-22 | 7 princes of Persia try to calm down and advise the king to get rid of Queen Vashti to send a message to the whole country, and introduce the idea of finding a new queen. |
| 3 | Esther 2:1-4 | After some time, the king has really calmed down but there’s still no queen. So his servants remind him to go ahead with gathering young women to the palace in order to select a new queen. During the gathering process, some of the women will either love or hate this edict and will sing some lines. |
| 4 | Esther 2:8 | Hegai, the eunuch, gives orientation to the women of whom he’s now in charge of. Maybe some of the women has a dispute with him and Esther defends him in an indirect way, thus starts to win Hegai’s favour, perhaps? This is Esther’s introduction and at the end of the song, Hegai asks what her name is, and she replies “Esther”, and lights out and audience applause! Haha. |
| 5 | Esther 2:9-11 | New scene to introduce Mordecai, singing his thoughts and worries out. He also checks on Esther and Esther perhaps tells Mordecai about her first-class treatments from Hegai? Maybe… still thinking how to convey that Esther received first class treatments… It’s either this, or from Hegai, or from Esther’s female servants that Hegai bestowed on her. |
Also, enjoy this “before and after” of the opening number composition!
