Carrie Brown - CrucialBorn and raised in Camden, NJ, Carrie Brown grew up in a musical family with a mother who would teach the precocious youngster to sing songs from Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Tina Turner and other classic soul and gospel singers at a very young age, and Carrie began singing in church and elementary school. By the time Carrie was in the fifth grade, she could read music and play a variety of instruments. Brown's older sister Cindy became a big

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In "Kasper Holten's coherent production" (Die Presse) Bernard Richter was "a cultivated bright tenor with beautiful expressive moments" (Kronen Zeitung)

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