该剧根据Blair Tindall撰写的回忆录《丛林中的莫扎特：性爱、毒品和经典音乐》（Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music）改编，描述了纽约交响乐团的「幕后故事」——当乐团在台上演奏气势恢弘的交响乐时，人们会为之倾倒，可是谁又能想到幕后发生着什么？有艺术的奉献精神，有创意的碰撞，有尔虞我诈的心理游戏，有勾心斗角的政治活动，还有残酷的生存本能……至于性爱、毒品和其他肮脏下流的东西，你也都能找到。
Little Amadeus is an animated television series which is intended to promote the interest in music and musical instrument playing in young viewers. The series consists of 26 episodes, each of which tell a fictional story of a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Looks at Mozart's extraordinary short life and revolutionary music through a distinctive mix of costume drama and documentary.
Charles Hazlewood and a period instrument orchestra delve deeper into Mozart's music in programmes immediately following BBC Two's Genius of Mozart series.