In 2016 she released an album inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, "Portraits of America". The concept started by selecting eight French prose poems based on Hopper paintings by the poet Claude Esteban, from his award-winning collection of forty-seven such poems, "Soleil dans une pièce vide" ("Sun in an Empty room", 1991). These were set to music by composer Graciane Finzi, and recording with reading by Dessay. These poems were supplemented by selecting ten additional Hopper paintings, and songs from the American songbook to go with them.