Thugs beat up opera conductor in the heart of Europe

The atmosphere in the Serb capital Belgrade just turned uglier.

Early this month, a car drove into a group of Belgrade Philharmonic musicians who were protesting at Government indifference towards victims of a railway disaster.

Now the opera orchestra is involved. Here’s what we are told by the musicians:

‘The orchestra of the National Theater in Belgrade announced that two incidents occurred after the opera “Cinderella”, and in one of them the conductor of the orchestra was attacked in front of her young daughter.

‘On Friday at the National Theatre, immediately after the performance of ‘Cinderella’, two serious incidents took place that violated the safety and dignity of our team. In one of them, our conductor was verbally and physically attacked in front of her minor daughter and was transported to the Emergency Center due to her injuries. The attackers are people who had a history of violent behaviour…

‘The conductor Ana Zorana Brajović came out to bow in front of the audience with a red glove on her hand. Spectators also noticed that Cinderella, played by Ljubica Vraneš, a member of parliament from the SNS, refused to take her hand and bow to the audience.’

UPDATE: The National Theater just confirmed the identity of attacker. He is the son of a prominent member of Vučić’s party.