ROME (Reuters) - Opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti will not attend a concert on Wednesday that would have marked his first appearance since a cancer operation four months ago, prompting Italian media to speculate about his health.
Local organizers had said the 71-year-old Pavarotti had been billed to appear, although not sing, at a theater in Bergamo where he was to be given an award named after Gaetano Donizetti, the 19th century composer born in the northern Italian city.
Italian media speculated that his decision not to attend the Bergamo event, where several of his students will perform works by Donizetti, was due to continuing health problems.
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