Johan Kobborg

The cabinet of Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos has recorded the third loss after Culture Minister Vlad Alexandrescu quit on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister sought Alexandrescu's resignation following an embarrassing dispute at the Bucharest National Opera, which the minister has failed to find a solution to.

Opera and ballet fans in Bucharest are aghast at a conflict that threatens to tear apart the Romanian National Opera and which centres on the company's now departed Danish dancer and artistic director Johan Kobborg.