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The Sagrada Família is the magnum opus of the brilliant Catalan architect and designer Antoni Gaudí, who died 100 years ago and whose sinuous and eccentric buildings are synonymous with Barcelona.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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
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
Families are apt to spend their evenings huddled around video players viewing the latest Schwarzenegger opus.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
When Pete Townshend debuted “Tommy” for Cohn in the late ’60s, the rock opera lacked that same sense of immediacy.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Kasey, who is not an actor, dreams of appearing on “Neighbours,” a canceled Australian soap opera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
In the mid-1970s, he had a recurring role as soldier Martin Gimbel in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Farm.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Its brand-new headquarters, a converted warehouse in an industrial park south of downtown, includes a 200-seat black box theater, where last week the company offered the premiere of its first-ever commissioned opera, Jorge Sosa’s “Ofrenda.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
She’s an opera singer, learning to master trills, agile runs, and leaps.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
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
That’s because yesteryear’s rock opuses — from the Who’s “Tommy” to Green Day’s “American Idiot” — were designed to sweep you off your feet and lift you out of your little life.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2017
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
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