As has previously been reported, over the past four months, Luciano Pavarotti has been forced to pull out of a series of international Worldwide Farewell Tour concerts.

In a statement issued Friday, July 7, 2006, the tenor's manager, Terri Robson, said: "Just as Mr. Pavarotti was preparing to leave New York last week to recommence his performance schedule in the UK, doctors, concerned with results from a routine medical test, readmitted Mr. Pavarotti to hospital for assessment.

Mr. Pavarotti underwent a diagnostic evaluation and a malignant pancreatic mass was identified. Fortunately, the mass was able to be completely removed at surgery."

Mr. Pavarotti is recovering well and his physicians are encouraged by the physical and emotional resilience of their patient. Mr. Pavarotti remains under the care of a team of doctors in New York, and will undergo a course of treatment over the coming months.

"During the past few weeks, Mr. Pavarotti has been overwhelmed by the thousands of messages he has received from well-wishers around the world."

The Pavarotti Worldwide Farewell Tour, consisting of 40 concerts celebrating the career of the great tenor, began in 2005 and is being produced by impresario Harvey Goldsmith CBE. As a result of Mr. Pavarotti's forthcoming treatment, all remaining 2006 concerts have been cancelled. It is anticipated that tour plans will recommence in early 2007.

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