Opus

A literary work or other composition, usually numbered in order of publication; derived from "work", with the plural derived from "service" or 'willing work' (ie: a labor of ...

opus alexandrinum

Construction; Architecture

A style of floor-making typical of Medieval era Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. The name derives from Cosmati, one of the groups of marble craftsmen who ...

opus incertum

Construction; Architecture

An ancient Roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of opus caementicium. Initially it ...

opus latericium

Construction; Architecture

A Roman form of construction in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium.

The Marriage of Figaro

Music; Classical

The Marriage of Figaro is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The opera is made up of four acts and is a continuation of the play, The Barber ...

Don Giovanni

Music; Classical

Don Giovanni is an opera composed in 1787 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The opera consists of two acts and centres on Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant and promiscuous nobleman, who ...

Cossì fan tutte

Music; Classical

Cossì fan tutte is an opera buffa (comic opera) written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and first performed in 1790. The plot is based on two soldiers and their fiancées, and a test of ...

Die Zauberflöte

Music; Classical

Die Zauberflöte, or the Magic Flute, is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. The opera is noted for its many Masonic elements, since Mozart was a ...