According to Assoiated Press, Luciano Pavarotti, who was admitted to the hospital last week with a fever, is expected to be released "imminently" and is in high spirits and ready to resume recording a new album, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Doctors have given the 71-year-old tenor the go-ahead to leave the Modena hospital where he has been undergoing tests since Wednesday, manager Terri Robson said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Pavarotti, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year, was hospitalized in his hometown after a routine examination revealed a high temperature, Robson said.

Pavarotti underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in July 2006 in a New York hospital. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous forms of the disease, though doctors said the surgery offered improved hopes for survival, tells the same source.

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