Sasha Lazard
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Sasha Lazard is an American classical crossover singer.
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 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 My 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
- The Myth of Red (2002)
- Moonfall (2005)
- Siren (2007, with Shawna Stone)
- Lumiere (2014)
Soundtracks
| Year | Film | Song(s) | Notes |
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| 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 |
References
- ^ Elfman, Doug (2001-04-27). "'Trance opera' singer Lazard performs at Club Utopia". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Sasha Lazard Biography". StarPluse.com.
- ^ "Frank Fitzpatrick | Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Music". Sasha Lazard. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Alex Williams; Eric Dash (January 13, 2005). "At Celebrity Nuptials to Die for, Vendors Give Themselves Away". New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
External links
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- ^ "Sasha Lazard talks new album 'Lumiere' and inspirations behind it (Includes interview)". www.digitaljournal.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-07.