Reinoud Van Mechelen is a devotee of the haute-contre or French tenor voice and has become one of its leading proponents. Here he concludes his trilogy devoted to three giants of opera – starting with Dumesny from the time of Lully, then Jéliote from the time of Rameau and finally Legros from the time of Gluck. Joseph Legros started with what was still baroque music in 1764, mainly by Rameau and his successors like Berton or Dauvergne. With Gluck’s arrival in Paris, however, Legros reworked his vocal technique and stage presence, playing increasingly dramatic roles in line with the more European pre-Romantic trend in opera. When he left the stage in 1783 his had made a name for himself as a consummate artist with numerous operas to his name, including Gluck’s famous Orphée et Eurydice. Here Reinoud Van Mechelen offers a musical panorama, performed and recorded at AMUZ festival in Anvers.