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The Surge was pleased to publish a quick li’l 4,000-plus-word opus this week on Sen. Susan Collins and what makes her such a tough opponent.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 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

That’s the backdrop for Wall Street giant Citi’s 165-page opus on the global commodities outlook, written by strategists led by Maximilian Layton.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026

“The Most Awful Responsibility” is a well-written opus unpacking Truman’s—and America’s—complicated relationship with nuclear weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

His system, as expounded in his thirteen-volume opus The Almagest, had much influence both in Europe and in the Islamic world, and was later adopted as dogma by the Catholic Church.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

At Bard SummerScape, Christian Räth directs an enigmatic staging of Richard Strauss’s myth-bending work; led by its new music director, Peter Whelan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra brought Handel’s opera to Caramoor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

After more than a decade of posturing and power struggles - a soap opera of warring promoters, shifting managers, fractured television deals and failed negotiations - it has finally come down to this.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

This summer, Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo marked the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Italian opera in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Zann had starred as Marilyn Monroe in a rock opera about the actor’s life, for which she received much praise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

When I get to the final phrase—M’kadesh hashabbat—I really drag it out, my own personal opera.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

They riffed on revealing their career-defining opuses at this, the perfect moment, only to unleash … nothing.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

He’s also known for taking excessively dull subjects, like concrete and water, and writing fascinatingly about them in magnum opuses for The New Yorker.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 1, 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 Field, Eugene