Pavarotti to be released from hospital

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who was admitted to the hospital last week with a fever, is expected to be released “imminently” and is in high spirits and ready to resume recording a new album, his spokeswoman said today.

Doctors have given Pavarotti the go-ahead to leave the Modena hospital where he has been undergoing tests since last Wednesday, manager Terri Robson said.

The 71-year-old opera superstar, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year, was admitted to hospital in his hometown after a routine examination revealed a high temperature, Robson said.

“He will be leaving hospital imminently,” Robson said.

“He is looking forward to getting back to teaching his young singing pupils as soon as he is out of hospital and next month plans to get back into his Modena recording studio to resume work on his new album of sacred songs.”

Robson, who visited Pavarotti yesterday, said he was in “wonderfully high spirits” when she saw him.

Pavarotti underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in July 2006 in a New York hospital.