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Even the name breathes allure and mystery. There is a persistent tendency to approach Esclarmonde as one more late-19th-century operatic artifact—an exotic, Wagner-tinted fantasy shaped by spectacle, orchestral richness, and sensual dramaturgy. But this perspective, while not incorrect, remains fundamentally incomplete. Esclarmonde is not merely a work built upon a libretto. It is, more radically,…