To the Italian media, Pavarotti has attributed his cancellation to complications with his gradual recuperation. "I am improving, but I only got out of bed yesterday and I'm not yet in a state to travel," the newspaper La Stampa quotes him as saying. "However, I am recovering. I have finished the chemotherapy, and it seems that all is going well. Now it's a matter of fighting to get back into the condition I was in before."
But his manager in London released a statement yesterday, quoted by Reuters and the Associated Press, saying that "Luciano Pavarotti recently completed his medical treatment and couldn't be happier with his results and progress."
Terri Robson's statement also emphasized that "Maestro Pavarotti's first public appearance since undergoing surgery will, in fact, be at a major charity event in 2007, details of which are to be released soon."