As part of Copenhagen Opera Festival’s brand new opera commission, Lisbon Floor (working title), we held a small workshop in August 2020, where we brought together the librettist, Lea Marie Løppenthin, the composer, Matias Vestergård Hansen, and the director, Natascha Metherell, along with a group of performers to take part in a read through of the first draft libretto and to hear some of the composed music, both for the very first time.