Gardens of the Future

November 24, 2025 7:00 p.m.
Staatsoperette Dresden

There isn't just one Strauss! In Johann Strauss's birthday year, the orchestra of the Staatsoperette Dresden is also dedicating a concert to his Bavarian namesake: Richard Strauss presented his first work in Dresden in 1882 with the Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7, for 13 wind instruments. Now, under the musical direction of chief conductor Michael Ellis Ingram, it forms the musical centerpiece of the season's first Green Box Chamber Concert. The concert will be complemented by a lecture from Dr. Claudius Wecke, head of the gardens department of the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony, on the impacts of and strategies for addressing climate change in Saxony's state gardens.

Musicians of the Staatsoperette Dresden

Andreas Richter, Burkhard Scharf, flute
Izabela Berdy-Wolf, Svanhild Wunderlich, oboe
Jörg Pätzold, Billy Schmidt, clarinet
Holger Bröse-Gamberger, Tilmann Baumgartl, bassoon
David Pollini, contrabassoon
Daniel Schimmer, Hans-Peter Fieber, Jenneke de Jonge, Maria Wanner, horn

Admission free, donations welcome