The Orpheus myth was as important for the birth of opera in France as it had been in Italy. In 1684, Charpentier composed a work for three voices, 'Orphée descendant aux Enfers’ and three years later, ‘La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers’. Two different illustrations of the myth, recorded on a brand new album by Vox Luminis and a nocte temporis. In these two roles that might have been written for him, Reinoud Van Mechelen - Tenor is at the peak of his artistry, while his ensemble and Lionel Meunier’