Chantelle, Melisande's older sister is betrothed to the handsome courtier Armand, and there is the excitement of the forthcoming wedding to think about. She, like many others, pays little heed to the dire warnings of Notradamus the soothsayer. Melisande is the daughter of the king's minstrel and lives among the royal French court. Only Catherine de Medici, the king's mother, listens to Nostradamus and fears for the. And Melisande is fascinated by the mysterious and silent Melchior, the boy who looks after the king's leopard.
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