In Venice, with the carnival in full swing, the Duke of Pesaro arranges for his lieutenant Spadoni to abduct the beautiful Leonor. To make the young girl love him, he has hired Stradella, a famous singer and singing teacher.

Jordi Savall offers us a musical biography of Charles Quint, the most powerful monarch of the 16th century, through court music, religious music and also popular songs which, five centuries after their invention, are still familiar to us.