该剧改编自彼得·谢弗的经典剧作《上帝的宠儿》。
25岁的沃尔夫冈·阿玛多伊斯·莫扎特（福田知盛 饰）在父亲去世后失去生计，孤身前往维也纳谋生。一次偶然，他与才华横溢的女歌手康斯坦泽·韦伯（加布瑞拉·克里维 饰）结为盟友，后者凭借人脉将其引荐至宫廷作曲家安东尼奥·萨列里（保罗·贝坦尼 饰）的权贵圈层。原本的机遇却逐渐演变为一场天才与野心、艺术与权力的终极博弈——两人的对立不仅重塑了彼此的人生轨迹，更在古典音乐史上刻下了一段纠缠半生的传奇宿怨。

两位主角有着很多共同之处，包括幽默感﹑对舞蹈的热爱……以及都患有帕金森症。

In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.