Pavarotti Plans First Post-Surgery Outing
Reuters
ROME (Dec. 1) - Luciano Pavarotti will make his first public appearance next week since an operation to remove a pancreatic cancer in July forced him to cancel a tour, but will not sing, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
The 71-year-old opera singer, regarded by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, will pick up an award for services to opera in a theater in Bergamo, northern Italy.
"He will receive the prize and nine of his students will sing some works by (Gaetano) Donizetti. The maestro will be present for the whole evening in the theater," said theater spokeswoman Raffaella Valsecchi.
"He will not sing," she added.
Pavarotti canceled all remaining tour dates for 2006 when he was diagnosed with the cancer, but has since said he hopes to resume performing in 2007.
The event will take place at Bergamo's Donizetti theater on Wednesday evening. The award is presented every two years to a singer who has promoted the works of the composer Donizetti, a native of the town nestled in the foothills of the Alps.
Since his operatic debut in 1961, Pavarotti has become one of the most recognized classical musicians in the world, regularly gracing the stage at New York's Metropolitan Opera, London's Covent Garden and La Scala in Milan.
He entered mainstream culture in 1990 when he sang Puccini's aria "Nessun Dorma" at the soccer World Cup in Italy alongside Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras and also sang with rock star Bono on the 1995 single Miss Sarajevo.
The 71-year-old opera singer, regarded by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, will pick up an award for services to opera in a theater in Bergamo, northern Italy.
"He will receive the prize and nine of his students will sing some works by (Gaetano) Donizetti. The maestro will be present for the whole evening in the theater," said theater spokeswoman Raffaella Valsecchi.
"He will not sing," she added.
Pavarotti canceled all remaining tour dates for 2006 when he was diagnosed with the cancer, but has since said he hopes to resume performing in 2007.
The event will take place at Bergamo's Donizetti theater on Wednesday evening. The award is presented every two years to a singer who has promoted the works of the composer Donizetti, a native of the town nestled in the foothills of the Alps.
Since his operatic debut in 1961, Pavarotti has become one of the most recognized classical musicians in the world, regularly gracing the stage at New York's Metropolitan Opera, London's Covent Garden and La Scala in Milan.
He entered mainstream culture in 1990 when he sang Puccini's aria "Nessun Dorma" at the soccer World Cup in Italy alongside Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras and also sang with rock star Bono on the 1995 single Miss Sarajevo.
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