Opus (:

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) is a

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

Arts and entertainment

Music

Opus number In music, 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 publication of that work. Opus numbers are used to distinguish among ...

, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publication, and hence applied to collections as well as individual compositions *

Opus Records Opus was a major Czechoslovak state-owned record label and music publishing house based in Bratislava, now known as Opus a.s.. Background Opus was founded in 1971 and spun off as the Slovak division of music label Supraphon. As such, it was the ...

, a Slovak record label

Bands

Opus (Austrian band) Opus was an Austrian pop-rock group. It was formed in 1973 in Graz and disbanded in 2021. The band was mainly known for its 1985 single release, " Live Is Life", which reached the Top 10 in several European countries. History In 1985, Opus re ...

, an Austrian pop-rock group * Opus (Yugoslav band), a Yugoslav progressive rock group *, Latvian music 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 wi ...

, 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. Following this, she had roles in the primeti ...

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

Songs

* "Opus", a song by Black Country, New Road from the 2022 album ''

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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 creati ...

, 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'' (film), a 2025 film starring John Malkovich * ''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, , or ; ; ) 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, skill, profundity, or workmanship. Historically, ...

Computing

Opus (audio format) Opus is a Lossy audio compression, lossy audio coding format developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force, designed to efficiently speech coding, code speech and general audio in a single format, w ...

, 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 Directory Opus (or "DOpus" as its users tend to call it) is a 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. Directory Opus is ...

, 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 of the University of St. Thomas, a private Roman Catholic university in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since October 19, 2006, it is named for The Opus Group in recognition of the compa ...

, United States

Transportation

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

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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 ( 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 coast of mainland Greece oppo ...

, a city in ancient Locris, Greece * Opus (Elis), a town in ancient Elis, Greece * ''Opus'' (architecture), generic term for "construction method", "construction material", "masonry", in use in Ancient Rome *

OPUS (chromatography) Repligen Corporation 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 was Incorporation (business)#In the United State ...

, a line of chromatography columns manufactured by Repligen Corporation * OPUS (psychiatry), a Danish early intervention program for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders * Opus Film, a Polish film production company