AP - As light and elegant as the wedding cake that fills the stage for the final scene, Rossini's "La Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") is helping to usher out the Metropolitan Opera season — providing a nice contrast to the heavier diet of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.

Reuters - Music duo Xtreme has generated a loyal following, as evidenced by the nearly 4.4 million visits to the group's MySpace page and a busy road schedule that includes gigs at venues ranging from clubs to college campuses. And now it's about to become the subject of a reality show.

AP - Jazz musician Chuck Mangione has performed in upstate New York at a concert rescheduled after two of his band members died in a plane crash there in February. Other victims' relatives attended.

E! Online - He made the most of his second chance, but Matt Giraud wasn't destined for the finish line.

AP - Rob Thomas is rocking the basketball playoffs, again.

AP - When Emmylou Harris was a young girl trying to figure out whether she could have a career in music, she decided to seek advice from the wisest man she could think of — so she wrote a note to Pete Seeger.

AP - A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu's cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for.

AP - Durn. You kinda want "9 to 5: The Musical" to be better than it is.