A performance of Alban Berg's opera recorded at the Salzburg Festival in 2011. The opera, dark and satirical in tone, charts the story of the rise and fall of a femme fatale, from life as a society hostess to prostitution and, eventually, a bloody death at the hands of Jack the Ripper. French soprano Patricia Petibon heads a strong European cast, while German conductor Marc Albrecht leads the Wiener Philharmoniker.