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word meaning " work". 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 compositio ...

, (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 ''Opus'' (pl. ''opera'') is a Latin word meaning "work". Italian equivalents are ''opera'' (singular) and ''opere'' (pl.). Opus or OPUS may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Opus number, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publicatio ...

, 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) Opus ( sr-cyr, Опус) was a SFRY, Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1973. Opus was a prominent act of the 1970s Yugoslav rock scene. Formed and led by former YU Grupa keyboardist Miodrag "Mive" Okrugić, the band went throu ...

, 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 Nigel ...

, 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 ...

, 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 * ''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, 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 (''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), an audio coding format * Opus (microkernel), an operating system kernel * Opus-CBCS, a computer bulletin board system *

Directory Opus Directory Opus (or "DOpus" as its users tend to call it) is a File manager, file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid-1990s. Commercial development on the version for the Amiga ceased in 1997. Direct ...

, a file manager program * OPUS (software), digital repository software

Organisations

* Opus Group Berhad, a consortium of several different companies operating under the Opus brand name * Opus Energy, an electricity and gas supplier based in the United Kingdom * Opus College of Business, United States

Transportation

* OPUS card, a card used for public transit in Quebec, Canada * Opus, a bus manufactured by Optima Bus Corporation

Other uses

* Opus (mythology), a son of Zeus * Opus, Greece, 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 The ancient Romans were the first civilization to build large, permanent bridges. Early Roman bridges used techniques introduced by Etruscan immigrants, but the Romans improved those skills, developing and enhancing methods such as arches and ke ...

'', cost of paying for bridge work in Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire *

OPUS (chromatography) Repligen is an American company devoted to the development and production of materials used in the manufacture of biological drugs. The company is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and incorporated in Delaware in 1981. A public company, Replig ...

, a line of chromatography columns manufactured by Repligen Corporation