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". Italian equivalents are ''opera'' (singular) and ''opere'' (pl.). Opus or OPUS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Opus number In musicology, the opus number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's production. Opus numbers are used to distinguish among composit ...

, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publication, and hence applied to collections as well as individual compositions * OPUS Records, a Slovak record label * Opus 111, a French classical record label bought by Naive

Bands

Opus (Austrian band) Opus was a pop-rock group from Graz, Austria. Formed in 1973, the group remained active until 2021, when they retired. The band is mainly known for its 1985 single release, "Live Is Life", which reached the Top 10 in several European countries ...

, an Austrian pop-rock group * Opus (Yugoslav band), a former Yugoslav progressive rock group *

Opus III (band) Opus III was an English electronic music and progressive house group who had success on the UK Singles Chart and on the U.S. Dance charts. The group consisted of vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw and producers/musicians Kevin Dodds, Ian Munro and Nige ...

, an English electronic pop group *

Pur (band) Pur is a German pop band from Bietigheim-Bissingen. History The group was initially founded in 1975 under the name ''Crusade'' by Roland Bless and Ingo Reidl. Their first releases came out under the name Opus, but after an Austrian band with t ...

, a German pop group originally known as "Opus"

Albums

* ''Opus'' (Opus album), 1987 album by Austrian band Opus * ''Opus'' (Schiller album), 2013 album by German music project Schiller * ''Opus'', a 2014 album by

Jane Badler Jane Badler (born December 31, 1953) is an American-Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Diana, the main antagonist in NBC's science fiction series '' V'' between 1983 and 1985. Badler also appeared in ABC's version of '' ...

* ''Opus'' (Eric Prydz album), 2016 album by the electronic artist Eric Prydz ** "Opus" (Eric Prydz song), song from the eponymous album. * ''Opus'', a 2007 compilation album by

Mr. Sam Samuel Joël Paquet (; born 28 February 1975), better known by his stage name, Mr. Sam, is a French techno and trance music DJ, and record producer. Biography and career Early career (1990–2002) Born in a small town, where he grew up li ...

* ''Opus 1'' (album), 1975 album by the Yugoslav band Opus * ''Opus'' (Marc Anthony album), 2019 album by Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony

Publications

* ''Opus'' (comic strip), by Berkeley Breathed **

Opus the Penguin Opus the Penguin (Opus T. Penguin) is a fictional character created by artist Berkeley Breathed. Breathed has described him as an " existentialist penguin" and the favorite of his many characters. Opus has appeared in several of Breathed's crea ...

, the title character of the strip, originally from ''Bloom County'' * ''Opus'' (manga), a manga by Satoshi Kon * ''Opus'' (University of Newcastle magazine), a student newspaper of the University of Newcastle, Australia * ''Opus'' (classical record magazine), an American magazine

Other arts

* ''Opus'' (play), a 2006 play by Michael Hollinger *

Work of art A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...

(''L. opus'') *''Magnum opus'' or

masterwork A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...

Computing

Opus (audio format) Opus is a lossy audio coding format developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force, designed to efficiently code speech and general audio in a single format, while remaining low-latency enough fo ...

, an audio coding format *

Opus (microkernel) Taligent Inc. (a portmanteau of "talent" and "intelligent") was an American software company. Based on the Pink object-oriented operating system conceived by Apple in 1988, Taligent Inc. was incorporated as an Apple/IBM partnership in 1992, and ...

, an operating system kernel *

Opus-CBCS This is a list of notable bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.BBS Software Listing
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, a computer bulletin board system * Directory Opus, a file manager program *

OPUS (software) OPUS is an open-source software package under the GNU General Public License used for creating Open Access repositories that are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. It provides tools for creating collec ...

, digital repository software

Organisations

Opus Group Berhad Opus Group Berhad is the corporate holding company of several companies operating under Opus brand name in several countries: *Opus International (M) Berhad * Opus International Consultants Limited New Zealand *Opus International Consultants (Aus ...

, a consortium of several different companies operating under the Opus brand name *

Opus Energy Opus Energy Limited supplies gas and electricity to businesses across the United Kingdom. It purchases electricity from wind, solar, hydro, and anaerobic digestion generators, and provides support to develop energy-generating sites. It is headquar ...

, an electricity and gas supplier based in the United Kingdom *

Opus College of Business The Opus College of Business is the business school for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students at the University of St. Thomas with campuses in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. Graduate programs The four UST MBA degre ...

, United States

Transportation

OPUS card OPUS is a rechargeable, dual interface (contact/ contactless) stored-value smart card using the Calypso Standard and is used by major public transit operators in Greater Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It complies with the ISO/I ...

, a card used for public transit in Quebec, Canada * Opus, a bus manufactured by

Optima Bus Corporation Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc., was a brand of small transit buses manufactured by North American Bus Industries. It was established in 1976 in Wichita, Kansas. It was originally the trolley-replica and conventional-bus production bu ...

Other uses

Opus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Opus (Ancient Greek: Ὀπόεις) may refer to the following characters: * Opus I, king of the Epeians and son of Zeus by Protogeneia, daughter of Deucalion. Opus was the father of Cambyse or ProtogeneiaScholia on Pindar, ' ...

, a son of Zeus *

Opus, Greece Opus ( grc, Ὀποῦς, Opoûs or Ὀπόεις) was an ancient Greek city that was the chief city of a tribe of Locri, who were called from this place the Opuntian Locrians, and the territory, the Opuntian Locris. It was located on the coas ...

, a city in ancient Locris, Greece *

Opus (Elis) Opus ( grc, Ὀποῦς) was a town in the mountainous district of Acroreia in ancient Elis, taken by the Spartans, when they invaded Elis at the close of the Peloponnesian War. Diodorus Siculus writes that the Spartans, under command of Pausanias ...

, a town in ancient Elis, Greece * ''Opus'' (architecture), a series of constructing methods in use in Ancient Rome * '' Opus pontis'', cost of paying for bridge work in Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire * OPUS (chromatography), a line of chromatography columns manufactured by Repligen Corporation