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'''''Salammbô''''' is an [[opera]] in four acts composed by [[Ernest Reyer]] to a [[French language|French]] [[libretto]] by [[Camille du Locle]]. It is based on the novel ''[[Salammbô (novel)|Salammbô]]'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]. The opera was first performed at the [[La Monnaie|Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie]] in [[Brussels]] on [[February 10]] [[1890]]. It debuted at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 20]], [[1901]].
{{Infobox musical artist 2
|Name = Exposé
|Img = Expose-tellmewhy.jpg
|Img_capt = Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno
|Background = group_or_band
|Origin = [[Miami, Florida]]
|Instrument =
|Genre = <!-- Before changing the genres, please discuss it on the talk page -->''Range 0includes'':<br>[[Freestyle music|Freestyle]]<br>[[Dance music|Dance]]<br>[[Pop music|Pop]]
|Occupation =
|Years_active = [[1984]]–[[1996]], [[2003]]–present
|Label = [[Arista|Arista]]<br />[[BMG|BMG]]
|Associated_acts =
|URL = soon to be announced
|Current_members = [[Ann Curless]] <br> [[Jeanette Jurado]]<br>[[Gioia Bruno]]<br/>[[Kelly Moneymaker]]
|Past_members = Sandra Casanas<small> (1984-1986)</small><br/>Aléjandra Lorenzo<small> (1984-1986)</small><br/>Laurie Miller<small> (1984-1986)
}}
==Characters==
*Salammbô (Soprano), Hamilcar's daughter
*Shahabarim (Tenor), High Priest of Tanit
*Narr'Havas (Basse chantante), King of Numidia
*Giscon (Bass), Carthaginian general
*Mathô (Tenor), Lybian mercenary
*Hamilcar (Baritone), Carthaginian Suffete
*Spendius (Baritone), Greek slave
*Autharite (Bass), Gaulish mercenary
*Taanach (Mezzo-soprano), Salammbo's servant
==Setting==
'''Exposé''' is an all female [[Latin freestyle]] pop-dance trio of the [[1980s]] formed by [[Record producer]] and songwriter Lewis A. Martineé.
*Place: [[Carthage]]
*Time: 240 BC
==Other opera adaptations==
==History==
In [[1863]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]] also started writing text and music for an opera based on Flaubert's novel, but he never managed to complete the work.
===Formation of Group and Original Members===
For the film score of [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', [[Bernard Herrmann]] wrote an aria for the fictional opera ''Salammbô'' performed by Kane's wife.
Exposé was first formed back in [[1984]] when Martineé hired Sandra Casanas ("Sandeé"), Aléjandra Lorenzo ("Alé"), and [[Laurie Miller]] to be in the group's lineup. The next year, they recorded "Point of No Return" (with Lorenzo singing lead) which became a huge club/dance hit. The year after, they recorded and released another club/dance single entitled "Exposed to Love" (also with Lorenzo on lead) with great success. This led to their signing with [[Arista Records]].
Contemporary French composer [[Philippe Fénélon]]'s ''Salammbô'' was first performed in the [[Opéra Bastille]] in [[1998]].
===Personnel Changes===
[[Category:Operas by Ernest Reyer]]
Shortly thereafter, Casanas was fired, and Lorenzo quit to pursue other ambitions; they were replaced by [[Jeanette Jurado]] and [[Gioia Bruno]]. Before the completion of their debut album, Miller left the group due to personal and business problems and began a solo career; she was replaced by [[Ann Curless]].
[[Category:French-language operas]]
[[Category:1901 operas]]
[[Category:Operas]]
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===''Exposure'' (1986-1988)===
Toward the end of [[1986]], the group released their debut album ''[[Exposure (album)|Exposure]]'' (which still consisted of background vocals done by the original members). Led by the huge pop/dance hit "Come Go With Me," this album proved to be one of the most successful dance albums ever released, going multi-platinum. In [[1987]], a re-recorded version of "Point of No Return" was released (with Jurado performing lead vocals); while the first few thousand copies of ''Exposure'' contained the original version of that song, subsequent pressings contained the new version. "Let Me Be the One" followed next and performed well on both the Pop charts and R&B charts, and Exposé established a distinction from other "girl groups" with this single. As Bruno performed lead vocals for this song, it soon became apparent that each member would alternate singing lead vocals to each song as opposed to maintaining one lead singer for the group. Their biggest hit occurred in the winter of [[1988]] with the single "Seasons Change," along with that came a [[Soul Train Music Awards of 1988|Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist]].
During their peak, Exposé had to fight problems behind the scenes. Similar to the girl groups of the sixties, the members of Exposé had a restrictive contract, and there were reports in the media of backstage battles and threats of lawsuits. Reportedly, the record label intervened to keep peace between the members and the producers.
===''What You Don't Know'' (1989-1990)===
Their second album, ''[[What You Don't Know (album)|What You Don't Know]]'' ([[1989]]), went gold and proved to be almost as much of a success as their debut. The success of Exposé in the U.S. lead to a lot of similar [[girl groups]] being created by producers and existing ones being signed to labels. Shortly after the success of the singles "What You Don't Know" and "When I Looked at Him," the release of the single "Tell Me Why," made history for the group when they became the first girl group to have 7 back-to-back Top 10 hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" and "Stop, Listen, Look & Think" soon followed afterwards.
===Bruno's Throat Problems and Departure from Exposé (1990-1992)===
In the middle of [[1990]], while touring with Exposé, Bruno began having throat problems - later linked to a benign tumor on her vocal chords - and which caused the group to cut the tour short. The group took a little bit of time off from their schedule in hopes that she would recover. Ultimately, Bruno lost her voice and she was replaced by [[Kelly Moneymaker]] in [[1992]].
===''Exposé'' (Self Titled Album)(1992-1994)===
That same year, the group released their third album ''[[Exposé (album)|Exposé]]'', which integrated more adult-contemporary material in addition to their established Freestyle, House, R&B, Pop and love ballad repertoire. The album was not as commercially successful as their previous albums, and several singles fared better on the adult-contemporary charts. They did manage to crack the U.S. Top 40 pop chart with "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" and "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me," which also reached #1 on the adult-contemporary chart. Subsequent releases "As Long As I Can Dream" and "In Walked Love" featured Curless in the lead vocal spotlight.
=== "Free Willy 2" (1995)===
In [[1995]], they recorded the [[Diane Warren]]-penned song "I'll Say Good-Bye for the Two of Us" for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home]]''; that same year, the song was issued on ''Greatest Hits''.
===The Disbanding of Exposé (1995-1996)===
Toward the end of [[1995]], Arista dropped the group, and the members disbanded at the beginning of [[1996]] to pursue their own projects. However, over time, [[BMG]] has released two other variations of Greatest Hits collections, as well as a collection of popular remixes from their 12-inch singles.
===After the Disbanding of Exposé (1997-Present)===
After the group disbanded, Jurado performed in the stage play "Mad Hatter," supplied vocals for Jazz artists and remained regionally active on the West Coast; Kelly Moneymaker is married to soap opera actor [[Peter Reckell]] and released two albums (''Like a Blackbird'' and ''Through these Basement Walls''); while Curless supplied vocals to several club/dance projects and provided academic instruction on music and the music business. In [[1997]], Bruno fully recovered from her throat tumor and began singing again. After a small stint with the band Wet, she worked on a solo career focused mostly on dance-oriented material. Her first album, ''Expose This'', was released in the Spring of 2004.
===The Reuniting of Exposé and the Return of Bruno (2003-Present)===
[[Image:IMG 2641.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Moneymaker, Jurado and Curless during an autograph session after the first show at the Mid State Fair (Paso Robles, CA) in 2003]]
On August 1, [[2003]], the lineup of Curless, Jurado, and Moneymaker reunited briefly for a reunion concert at the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles, CA.
On August 12, [[2006]] -- At Jeanette Jurado's MySpace Page [http://www.myspace.com/jeanettejurado], Exposé has signed with a major booking agency, and have added their first concert date since 2003.
On August 19, [[2006]] -- It has been confirmed that Gioia Bruno will be back with Exposé for the first time in 16 years.
[http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=50326272&blogID=157619045&MyToken=ff1d1ab3-870a-416a-b1fe-8fc1256e4030]
[http://www.myspace.com/gioiab]
On October 12, [[2006]], it was announced that Exposé will return on October 21, [[2006]] at the [[AmericanAirlines Arena]] in Miami. Exposé will be scheduled to perform as part of the "Freestyle Explosion" concert. This performance will include the return of Gioia Bruno with Exposé for the first time in 16 years. [http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=50326272&blogID=179342932&MyToken=980772fc-d5cd-41f6-a3fe-a332546aa5e0]
[http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D003D2FECAEC8DB?artistid=1021109&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1]
[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb441601.htm#]
The first official full length concert listed is on November 29, [[2006]] at the Potawatomi Casino's Northern Lights Theatre in Milwaukee, WI.
A full tour is planned for 2007. Kelly Moneymaker will be showing up for some of the shows also.[http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=94019760&blogID=162186188&MyToken=3fb9ea2f-b2ab-40a7-9f86-776707c8ce2c]
[http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Cu&article_code=2613]
==Discography==
==='''Albums'''===
*1987: ''[[Exposure (album)|Exposure]]''
*1989: ''[[What You Don't Know (album)|What You Don't Know]]''
*1992: ''[[Exposé (album)|Exposé]]''
==='''Compilations'''===
*1995: ''[[Greatest Hits (Expose album)|Greatest Hits]]''
*1999: ''[[Master Hits]]''
*2001: ''[[The Encore Collection: Seasons Change]]''
*2002: ''[[Exposé's Greatest Dance Mixes]]''
=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Title
!align="left" valign="top"|Album
!align="left" valign="top"|Lead vocals
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot Dance Club Play|Hot Dance Music/Club Play]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[Billboard Adult Contemporary|AC]]
!align="center" valign="top" width="40"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1984
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Point of No Return]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|
|align="left" valign="top"|Alé Lorenzo
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 1
!align="center" valign="top"| 19
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1985
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Exposed to Love]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposure''
|align="left" valign="top"|Alé Lorenzo
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 12
!align="center" valign="top"| 19
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1987
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Come Go With Me]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposure''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 5
!align="center" valign="top"| 1
!align="center" valign="top"| 2
!align="center" valign="top"| 14
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1987
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Point of No Return]]"<br>(re-recorded version)</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposure''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 5
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 40
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 83
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1987
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Let Me Be the One]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposure''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Gioia Bruno]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 7
!align="center" valign="top"| 2
!align="center" valign="top"| 13
!align="center" valign="top"| 29
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 76
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1987
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Seasons Change]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposure''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 1
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 32
!align="center" valign="top"| 27
!align="center" valign="top"| 1
!align="center" valign="top"| 97
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1989
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[What You Don't Know]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''What You Don't Know''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Gioia Bruno]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 8
!align="center" valign="top"| 2
!align="center" valign="top"| 8
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 99
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1989
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[When I Looked at Him]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''What You Don't Know''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 10
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 3
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1989
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Tell Me Why]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''What You Don't Know''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Gioia Bruno]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 9
!align="center" valign="top"| 3
!align="center" valign="top"| 26
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 97
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1990
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''What You Don't Know''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 17
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 9
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1990
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Stop, Listen, Look & Think]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''What You Don't Know''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Ann Curless]]
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 19
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1992
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I Wish the Phone Would Ring]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposé''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 28
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 14
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposé''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Jeanette Jurado]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 8
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 1
!align="center" valign="top"| 75
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[As Long as I Can Dream]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposé''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Ann Curless]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 56
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 21
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1993
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[In Walked Love]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposé''
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Ann Curless]]
!align="center" valign="top"| 84
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 17
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1995
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I Specialize in Love]]"</sup>
|align="left" valign="top"|''Exposé''
|align="left" valign="top"|all three members
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| 6
!align="center" valign="top"| 20
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
!align="center" valign="top"| -
|}
==See also==
*[[List of number-one hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart]]
==External links==
* [http://www.expose-epistle.org/ The Exposé Epistle On-Line]
* [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb441601.htm# Official Press Release Stating Return of Exposé -- Includes downloadable Podcast featuring Bruno, Curless, and Jurado]
* [http://www.expose-epistle.org/interview-gioia-001.htm Part one of Gioia Bruno Interview with John R. Troy of Exposé Epistle]
* [http://www.expose-epistle.org/interview-gioia-002.htm Part two of Gioia Bruno Interview with John R. Troy of Exposé Epistle]
* [http://www.lauriemiller.com/ Laurie Miller's official site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxd5QV1CF60 Video for "Come Go With Me"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnQc4cCS6i4 Video for "Point Of No Return"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjWCQUiDCE Video for "Let Me Be The One"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcWfpPgeAP4 Video for "Seasons Change"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DtP3yXCBCs Video for "Seasons Change" (Live Version in Concert)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsshJKFB5AY Video for "What You Don't Know"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ya_CK0J8KI Video for "When I Looked At Him]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjWCQUiDCE Video for "Tell Me Why"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUANoIEHvzA Video for "Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciHnMUZ0Cw Video for "I Wish The Phone Would Ring"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Ljr6YzBCs Video for "I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u22a9HgOwE Video for "As Long As I Can Dream"]
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[[Category:Girl groups]]
[[Category:Rhythmic Top 40 acts|Exposé]]
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[[Category:Arista Records artists]]
[[Category:American dance musicians]]
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