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Early video game music wasn't symphonic, but it was effective. Video game composition has become a power unto itself, with its ability to guide the player. As Andrea Seabrook reports, the themes are now played by orchestras in concert halls.

The Washington National Opera presents George Gershwin's landmark opera, in a performance originally webcast live on NPR.org from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The show also includes interviews with director Francesca Zambello, conductor Wayne Marshall and more.

Three years ago, journalist Steve Lopez met a homeless musician on skid row in Los Angeles. He soon learned that the man, Nathaniel Ayers, had once been a promising violinist, and that he had left the Juilliard School because of his struggle with mental illness. Ayers is the subject of Lopez's new book, The Soloist.

The widely acclaimed pianist serves up nearly 200-year-old music by Chopin mixed with a contemporary work that looks back in time.

Steven Kurutz spent a year on the road with Sticky Fingers, one of the nation's more successful Rolling Stones tribute bands. His new book is called Like A Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band.

The teen pop trio Smoosh play "Dark Shine," another cut from their Bryant Park Project cubicle concert.

Author Steven Kurutz knows what it takes to be a rock star who acts like a much bigger rock star. Kurutz discusses his new book, Like a Rolling Stone, which takes readers backstage, onstage and on the road with Sticky Fingers, a Rolling Stones tribute band.

Verdi's romantic hit got a tepid reception at its first performance, in 1853, but it's now one of the most popular operas of all time — and has even starred in a couple of Hollywood blockbusters.

We revisit Death Cab for Cutie's May visit to the BPP, when they played some classics and "I Will Possess Your Heart" from their most recent album, "Narrow Stairs."

In La Cenerentola, Rossini's take on the classic story of Cinderella, the title character overcomes her dysfunctional family with an admirable combination of courage and tolerance. Joyce DiDonato stars in the tile role in a production from Houston Grand Opera.