Pavarotti under care for fever

Luciano Pavarotti has been hospitalized, and is listed in stable condition, with a fever in his hometown of Modena, Italy, officials and his manager said Thursday.

The 71-year-old tenor, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year, was brought to Modena’s Polyclinic on Wednesday and was being kept under observation. Doctors were expected to release him in a few days, according to separate statements from the hospital and his manager, Terri Robson.

Pavarotti was vacationing at his holiday home in Pesaro, an Adriatic seaside resort, when his doctor noticed that he had a fever and admitted him to the northern Italy hospital for tests, Robson said.