Opus was a major Czechoslovak state-owned record label and music publishing house based in Bratislava, now known as Opus a.s..

Background

Opus was founded in 1971 and spun off as the Slovak division of music label Supraphon. As such, it was the first Slovak record label. It was privatized in 1990 and purchased by Forza Music s.r.o. in 2005. When Warner Music Group acquired Forza in 2019, they expected to revive the Opus label for pop, rock, and children's music. The label is active to this day and operates under the name Opus a.s.

Opus Records

In addition to Slovak, and later Czech, artists and bands, the label also published works by foreign artists from countries including Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Yugoslavia, and Greece.

Opus Records

Notable artists

Modus

Marika Gombitová

Beáta Dubasová

Peter Nagy

Elán

Miroslav Žbirka

Alla Pugacheva

Richard Müller

Dara Rolins

Tublatanka

Vašo Patejdl

Ján Lehotský

Lojzo

Team

Pavol Hammel

Metalinda

Jaroslav Filip

Dežo Ursiny

References

External links

Official website

Slovak record labels

Record labels established in 1971

Warner Music labels

Czechoslovak companies established in 1971

State-owned record labels

Opus Records