Born and raised in New York City, with time spent in Paris, she studied opera at Bennington College and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
The album, which draws inspiration from the myth of Inanna's descent to the underworld, appeared on the Billboard charts in both the dance music and classical crossover categories.
[1] Its influences include Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, the works of Charles Pierre Baudelaire, and Antonio Cesti's Intorno all'idol mio.
[3] 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.
In 2018, Lazard produced the soundtrack for the feature film Blind with Dave Eggar, Amy Lee, and Chuck Palmer.