# Opus

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'''Opus''' ({{plural form}}: '''[opera](/source/opera)''') is a [Latin](/source/Latin) word meaning "(a result of) [work](/source/Work_(disambiguation))". Italian equivalents are ''opera'' (singular) and ''opere'' (plural).

'''Opus''' or '''OPUS''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
===Music===
* [Opus number](/source/Opus_number), (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publication, and hence applied to collections as well as individual compositions
* [Opus Records](/source/Opus_Records), a Slovak record label

====Bands====
* [Opus (Austrian band)](/source/Opus_(Austrian_band)), an Austrian pop-rock group
* [Opus (Yugoslav band)](/source/Opus_(Yugoslav_band)), a Yugoslav progressive rock group
*{{ill|Opus (Latvian band)|lv|Opus}}, Latvian music group
* [Pur (band)](/source/Pur_(band)), a German pop group originally known as "Opus"

====Albums====
* [''Opus'' (Opus album)](/source/Opus_(Opus_album)), 1987 album by Austrian band Opus
* [''Opus'' (Schiller album)](/source/Opus_(Schiller_album)), 2013 album by German music project Schiller
* ''Opus'', a 2014 album by [Jane Badler](/source/Jane_Badler)
* [''Opus'' (Eric Prydz album)](/source/Opus_(Eric_Prydz_album)), 2016 album by the electronic artist Eric Prydz
** ["Opus" (Eric Prydz song)](/source/Opus_(Eric_Prydz_song)), song from the eponymous album.
* ''Opus'', a 2007 compilation album by [Mr. Sam](/source/Mr._Sam)
* [''Opus'' (Marc Anthony album)](/source/Opus_(Marc_Anthony_album)), 2019 album by Puerto Rican singer Marc Anthony

===Songs===
* "Opus", a song by Black Country, New Road from the 2021 album '[For the First Time](/source/For_the_First_Time_(Black_Country%2C_New_Road_album))'

===Publications===
* [''Opus'' (comic strip)](/source/Opus_(comic_strip)), by Berkeley Breathed
** [Opus the Penguin](/source/Opus_the_Penguin), the title character of the strip, originally from ''Bloom County''
* [''Opus'' (manga)](/source/Opus_(manga)), a manga by Satoshi Kon
* [''Opus'' (University of Newcastle magazine)](/source/Opus_(University_of_Newcastle_magazine)), a student newspaper of the University of Newcastle, Australia
* [''Opus'' (classical record magazine)](/source/Opus_(classical_record_magazine)), an American magazine

===Other arts===
* [''Opus'' (film)](/source/Opus_(film)), a 2025 film starring John Malkovich
* [''Opus'' (play)](/source/Opus_(play)), a 2006 play by Michael Hollinger
* ''[Opus: The Day We Found Earth](/source/Opus%3A_The_Day_We_Found_Earth)'', a 2015 video game
** ''[Opus: Rocket of Whispers](/source/Opus%3A_Rocket_of_Whispers)'', a 2017 sequel
** ''[Opus: Echo of Starsong](/source/Opus%3A_Echo_of_Starsong)'', a 2021 sequel
* [Work of art](/source/Work_of_art) (''L. opus'')
*''Magnum opus'' or [masterwork](/source/masterwork)

==Computing==
* [Opus (audio format)](/source/Opus_(audio_format)), an audio coding format
* [Opus (microkernel)](/source/Opus_(microkernel)), an operating system kernel
* [Opus-CBCS](/source/Opus-CBCS), a computer bulletin board system
* [Directory Opus](/source/Directory_Opus), a file manager program
* [OPUS (software)](/source/OPUS_(software)), digital repository software
* Claude Opus, a version of the [Claude (language model)](/source/Claude_(language_model))

==Organisations==
* [Opus Group Berhad](/source/Opus_Group_Berhad), a consortium of several different companies operating under the Opus brand name
* [Opus Energy](/source/Opus_Energy), an electricity and gas supplier based in the United Kingdom
* [Opus College of Business](/source/Opus_College_of_Business), United States

==Transportation==
* [Opus card](/source/Opus_card), a card used for public transit in Quebec, Canada
* Opus, a bus manufactured by [Optima Bus Corporation](/source/Optima_Bus_Corporation)

==Other uses==
* [Opus (mythology)](/source/Opus_(mythology)), a son of Zeus
* [Opus, Greece](/source/Opus%2C_Greece), a city in ancient Locris, Greece
* [Opus (Elis)](/source/Opus_(Elis)), a town in ancient Elis, Greece
* [''Opus'' (architecture)](/source/Opus_(architecture)), generic term for "construction method", "construction material", "masonry",  in use in Ancient Rome
* [OPUS (chromatography)](/source/OPUS_(chromatography)), a line of chromatography columns manufactured by Repligen Corporation
* [OPUS (psychiatry)](/source/OPUS_(psychiatry)), a Danish early intervention program for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
* [Opus Film](/source/Opus_Film), a Polish film production company

==See also==
* ''[Mr. Holland's Opus](/source/Mr._Holland's_Opus)'', a 1995 film starring Richard Dreyfuss
* [Magnum opus (disambiguation)](/source/Magnum_opus_(disambiguation))
* [Opera (disambiguation)](/source/Opera_(disambiguation)) (plural form of ''opus'')
* [Opus Dei (disambiguation)](/source/Opus_Dei_(disambiguation))
* {{Lookfrom|Opus}}
* {{Intitle|Opus}}

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