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Opera cast: Renato Bruson is replacing Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Germont in the Los Angeles Opera’s season-opening production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” in September.

On the mend: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been released from a hospital in New Zealand after undergoing surgery for a head injury following a fall, but he will remain in the country temporarily for outpatient treatment, his publicist said.