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1. A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
2. The score for such a work.
3. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
4. A company dedicated to performing such works.
5. (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
1. A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
Beethoven's opus eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
2. A work, especially of art.
The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.