The year 2007 saw Dessay starring in the premiere of Laurent Pelly's production of "La fille du régiment" at Covent Garden, and its reprise at the Vienna State Opera. She performed the title role in "Manon" at the Liceu in Barcelona in June/July and opened the season at the Metropolitan Opera in the new Mary Zimmerman production of "Lucia di Lammermoor". She returned in the same season to sing Lucia again and subsequently reprised in Pelly's production of "La fille du régiment". She went on performing Lucia at the San Francisco Opera and a joint concert with tenor Jonas Kaufmann as part of the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. In October 2008, she sang "Manon" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.