Dark Hope

Dark Hope is a 2010 album of indie rock titles sung by opera soprano Renée Fleming.

The album was the idea of Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein; after listening to Fleming's performance of "In the Pines" on Elvis Costello's TV show Spectacle, they approached Fleming and producer David Kahne. The aim was not to produce a typical crossover album, but a collection of songs sung without any hint of operatic vocal strength.

Performance credits

 * Rusty Anderson, Nick Valensi – guitar
 * David Kahne – bass, guitar, keyboards
 * Will Lee – bass
 * Shawn Pelton – drums
 * Jesse Mills, Cyrus Beroukhin – violin
 * Dov Scheindlin, William Hakim – viola
 * Wendy Sutter – cello
 * Alexis Pia Gerlach – cello
 * Amelia Ross, Sage Ross, Rachelle Fleming – background vocals
 * Mike Rossi – conductor

Technical credits

 * Roy Hendrickson – engineer
 * David Kahne – arranger, programming, producer, engineer
 * Rebecca Meek – art direction