Sasha Lazard

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Sasha Lazard
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Sasha Lazard is an American classical crossover singer.

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Lazard was born in New York City and grew up in Paris. She attended Bennington College and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied opera, but after graduation, she pursued a more electronic-influenced sound which was inspired by the local nightclub scene. [1] [2] She performed her new music at several clubs in New York, Los Angeles, and Ibiza before recording an album.

Lazard released her debut album The Myth Of Red on May 7, 2002 through Higher Octave Music. [3] This album, loosely themed around the myth of Inanna descending to the underworld, appeared on the Billboard charts for both dance music and classical crossover. It features versions of Ave Maria (entitled "Ode to Innocence") and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater.". It also contains a track entitled "Tell Me Why," featuring violinist Lili Haydn, that was inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. The lyrics from "The Incubus (Le Revenant)" were written by Charles Pierre Baudelaire. The song "Angeli" was inspired by Antonio Cesti's Intorno All Idol Mio and has been featured in the Fall 2006 Victoria's Secret campaign, the movie Kissed by an Angel, the movie Modigliani starring Andy García, and was used as the theme song for the Toronto International Film Festival.[ citation needed ]

In 2005, she released her second album, Moonfall. Her third album, Lumiere, was released in 2014.

Lazard collaborated with soprano Shawna Stone and Grammy award-winning producer Peter Asher on Siren, which was released on March 6, 2007, on Manhattan Records/EMI. [4]

In 2018, Lazard produced the soundtrack for the feature film Blind with Dave Eggar, Amy Lee, and Chuck Palmer. [5]

Personal life

In May 2004, she married film producer Michael Mailer. [6]

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtracks

YearFilmSong(s)Notes
1998 Dark Harbor "Ava Maria"Appeared as Funeral Singer
1999 Princess Mononoke "Princess Mononoke Theme Song"
Holy Smoke! "Ava Maria"
2000 Cement "Ava Maria", "O del mio dolce ardor"
Cowboys & Angels "Angel Mella Brezza"
2002 Queen of the Damned "Temptation"
2004 Modigliani "Ode to Innocence"
2006 Kettle of Fish "Unexpected"
2009 The Lodger "Marigold", "Di Notte"
2016 Blind "Bird in a Cage", "Lumiere Remix", "The Sexiest Mistake"Appeared as herself

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References

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  3. "Frank Fitzpatrick | Credits". AllMusic .
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  5. Amabile Angermiller (March 17, 2016). "Robert Redford Records 2 Songs for 'Blind' Movie Soundtrack, With Phillip Phillips on Guitar". billboard.com. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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