Opus

Opus (: opera) is a Latin word meaning "(a result of) work". Italian equivalents are opera (singular) and opere (plural).

Opus or OPUS may refer to:

Music

 * Opus number, (abbr. Op.) specifying order of (usually) publication, and hence applied to collections as well as individual compositions
 * Opus Records, a Slovak record label

Bands

 * Opus (Austrian band), an Austrian pop-rock group
 * Opus (Latvian band), Latvian music group
 * Opus (Yugoslav band), a former Yugoslav progressive rock group
 * Pur (band), 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
 * 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 Ants from Up There

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 (film), an upcoming film starring John Malkovich
 * Opus (play), a 2006 play by Michael Hollinger
 * Work of art (L. opus)
 * Magnum opus or masterwork

Computing

 * Opus (audio format), an audio coding format
 * Opus (microkernel), an operating system kernel
 * Opus-CBCS, a computer bulletin board system
 * Directory Opus, 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), a town in ancient Elis, Greece
 * Opus (architecture), generic term for "construction method", "construction material", "masonry", in use in Ancient Rome
 * OPUS (chromatography), a line of chromatography columns manufactured by Repligen Corporation
 * OPUS (psychiatry), a Danish early intervention program for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders