With "Premiere Portraits" Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their premiere album for a worldwide audience. American soprano Julie Davies has been featured in Darmstadt's productions of The Tales of Hoffman, I Pagliacci, Don Pasquale, La traviata, Desdemona in Otello and Gerhilde in Due Walkure. Ms. Davies has won several competitions: Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions, First in the Naftzger Young Artists Competition, and Finalist in the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition.