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...The director was Andrei Serban, who fused a magpie collection of ritual, fantasy, traditional Chinese opera and Italian commedia dell’arte into a foolproof whole....
...How can you stage a mob of religious fanatics burning themselves to death? Serban doesn’t even try, making do with a couple of puffs of pyrotechnics and a haphazard exodus from the stage....
...from the rival National Liberal party Serban Nicolae, a PSD senator, dismissed allegations that the referendum was political, saying it was “was not started by political actors” but through a citizens’...
...Serban Savu’s modern Adam and Eve bathe in polluted waters beneath smog-streaked skies. An oil platform interjects itself across Jane and Louise Wilson’s ocean vista....
...Șerban Nicolae, leader of the Social Democrats’ senate caucus, said the criticism from top European Commission officials was a threat to the Romanian parliament — and, by implication, the people....
...“Pret is a good job.” Londoners used to navigate the city by way of its pubs. I realise I could now do the same with Pret. “Before Pret,” says Valeria Serban, “I worked on a farm.”...
...Serban took a new job in the ministry of foreign affairs, and travelled throughout Africa and the Middle East....
...The opera’s popularity has not been sustained in recent times, however, and the most recent production, a cheeky version staged by Andrei Serban in 2005, lasted only 16 performances....
...Things are lighter at the Opera Garnier, where Andrei Serban’s production of L’Italiana in Algeri has recently opened. Rossini composed this joyful comic opera at just 21 years of age....
...Florin Serban’s If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle is a strong juvenile-prison drama cast with teenagers from a Romanian jail....
...Andrei Serban’s production, first seen in 1984, epitomises old-school staging with an emphasis on glittering spectacle, large-scale crowd scenes and lavish sets....
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