Editing Geneva (section)

=== Music and festivals ===
[[File:Fireworks at the Fêtes de Genève 2012 - panoramio (54).jpg|thumb|Fireworks at the Fêtes de Genève, 2012]]
The [[opera house]], the [[Grand Théâtre de Genève]], which officially opened in 1876, was partly destroyed by a fire in 1951 and reopened in 1962. It has the largest stage in Switzerland. It features opera and dance performances, recitals, concerts and, occasionally, theatre. The [[Victoria Hall (Geneva)|Victoria Hall]] is used for classical music concerts. It is the home of the [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]].

Every summer the [[Fêtes de Genève]] (Geneva Festival) are organised in Geneva. According to [[Radio Télévision Suisse]] in 2013 hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the annual hour-long grand [[fireworks|firework]] display of the Fêtes de Genève.<ref name="rts.ch">{{Cite web |date=2013-08-11 |title=Une heure de feux genevois sur le thème des conquêtes |trans-title=One hour of Geneva fireworks on the theme of conquests |url=https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/geneve/5125297-une-heure-de-feux-genevois-sur-le-theme-des-conquetes.html |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=rts.ch |language=fr}}</ref>

An annual music festival takes place in June. Groups of artists perform in different parts of the city. In 2016 the festival celebrated its 25th anniversary.<ref name="Official website">{{cite web |url=https://www.ville-ge.ch/culture/fm/ |title=Fête de la musique / Ville de Genève |access-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611235606/http://www.ville-ge.ch/culture/fm/ |archive-date=11 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Further annual festivals are the ''Fête de l'Olivier'', a festival of Arabic music, organized by the [[Institut des cultures arabes et méditerranéennes|ICAM]] since 1980,<ref>{{Cite web |last=ICAM |date=7 June 2019 |title=40 ans de l'Olivier – Fête de l'Olivier 2019 – 4ème festival des musiques arabes et méditerranéennes (2019-09-20) |trans-title=40 Years of the Olive Tree – Olive Tree Festival 2019 – 4th Festival of Arabic and Mediterranean Music (2019-09-20) |url=http://www.icamge.ch/event/40-ans/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125121800/http://www.icamge.ch/event/40-ans/ |archive-date=25 January 2020 |access-date=25 January 2020 |website=Institut des cultures arabes et méditerranéennes (ICAM) |language=en-US}}</ref> and the ''Genevan Brass Festival'', founded by Christophe Sturzenegger in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.genevabrassfestival.ch/en/ |title=Introduction – Geneva Brass Festival |website=www.genevabrassfestival.ch |access-date=25 January 2020 |archive-date=25 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125121808/https://www.genevabrassfestival.ch/en/ |url-status=live}}</ref>