Pavarotti admitted to hospital

Opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti, diagnosed with cancer last year, is in a satisfactory condition after being admitted to hospital, doctors said yesterday.

Mr Pavarotti, regarded by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, was taken to hospital with a fever in his home town of Modena on Wednesday. Italian media reported that he was being treated in the hospital's cancer ward.

A hospital spokesman said he was likely to be discharged in the next few days.

Cancer surgery forced Mr Pavarotti to cancel the remaining dates of his 2006 farewell opera tour.

The 71-year-old had vowed to return to the stage this year, but he has not been seen in public since the operation and called off a number of appearances in the past few months.