opus

Blame it on Mozart, whose astonishing genius was already self-evident at age 5, when he wrote his first opus , and whose father Leopold controlled his life and career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He devoted nearly a fifth of his magnum opus to attacking the established quack system of mercantilism, which sought to maximize exports and minimize imports for the empty prize of a positive balance of trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The orange blossom had already become the state flower in 1909, and, by 1967, a year after McPhee’s opus, the orange was the state fruit.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

In 1962, Macdonald published his magnum opus of cultural criticism, “Against the American Grain: Essays on the Effects of Mass Culture,” containing the most famous of his essays, “Masscult & Midcult.”

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

It is the opening of John Keegan’s 1993 magnum opus, A History of Warfare: War is not the continuation of policy by other means.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“All of a sudden you had an added soap opera narrative of leaving climbers behind to die; people putting Sherpa climbers in danger.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Questions about balance sheets and cash flow felt far away inside the opera house this week at a dress rehearsal of "Bardo."

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

I would be lying if I didn’t say one of the big reasons I wanted to do that was because I found out Rory Kinnear sings opera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The world's longest-running soap opera, The Archers has been recording in the West Midlands city for 75 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It’s a good thing I know something about opera, Rick reflected.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Two summers ago, the most overt commonality shared by Greta Gerwig’s and Christopher Nolan’s opuses was a release date pitting the predicted box office whales against each other.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025

Still, there would be no “Sonata Pathétique” without Prince Lichnowsky’s purse strings, no Sistine Chapel without Pope Julius II, no bold young talents like Corbet making their worthy magnum opuses without someone footing the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

The movies surrounding it are all spectacles of one kind or another: superhero opuses, space operas, historical and biblical epics.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

For those who think the opuses of John Zorn can be sorted into discrete aesthetic silos — whether jazz, classical or even metal in nature — “The Turner Etudes” offers a corrective.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020

His opuses are in demand And are the final test By which all others fall or stand In this the mighty west!

From Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field