OMEN
08-14-2007, 09:30 PM
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Luciano Pavarotti had surgery for pancreatic cancer last July
Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti has been given clearance to leave hospital by his doctors, his manager has said.
The star will be released "imminently", according to Terri Robson, although she declined to give an exact date.
Pavarotti, 71, was admitted to hospital in his hometown of Modena in Italy on 8 August suffering from a fever.
The tenor is in "wonderfully high spirits", said Robson, who visited him on Monday. She dismissed reports in the Italian media that he had pneumonia.
"He is looking forward to getting back to teaching his young singing pupils as soon as he is out," Robson told the Associated Press news agency.
"Next month, he plans to get back into his Modena recording studio to resume work on his new album of sacred songs."
Ill health
Since making his debut in Italy in 1961, Pavarotti has become one of the world's most widely-recognised opera performers.
But in recent years, the singer has been plagued by ill health.
In March 2005, he had neck surgery to repair two vertebrae, while a bout of laryngitis forced him to cancel an appearance at a Three Tenors concert in Mexico last June.
He had surgery to remove a pancreatic tumour at a New York hospital in July 2006.
At the time of the operation, Pavarotti had been preparing to resume his farewell tour. He has made no public appearances since then.
BBC
Luciano Pavarotti had surgery for pancreatic cancer last July
Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti has been given clearance to leave hospital by his doctors, his manager has said.
The star will be released "imminently", according to Terri Robson, although she declined to give an exact date.
Pavarotti, 71, was admitted to hospital in his hometown of Modena in Italy on 8 August suffering from a fever.
The tenor is in "wonderfully high spirits", said Robson, who visited him on Monday. She dismissed reports in the Italian media that he had pneumonia.
"He is looking forward to getting back to teaching his young singing pupils as soon as he is out," Robson told the Associated Press news agency.
"Next month, he plans to get back into his Modena recording studio to resume work on his new album of sacred songs."
Ill health
Since making his debut in Italy in 1961, Pavarotti has become one of the world's most widely-recognised opera performers.
But in recent years, the singer has been plagued by ill health.
In March 2005, he had neck surgery to repair two vertebrae, while a bout of laryngitis forced him to cancel an appearance at a Three Tenors concert in Mexico last June.
He had surgery to remove a pancreatic tumour at a New York hospital in July 2006.
At the time of the operation, Pavarotti had been preparing to resume his farewell tour. He has made no public appearances since then.
BBC