PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO From L to R : Spanish tenors Jose Carreras, Placindo Domingo and Italian Luciano Pavarotti pose with the official soccer ball of the next World Cup 06 January in Paris during a press conference where they announced their participation in an exceptionnal concert in Paris 10 July, the day before the final game of the competition.

** FIL E** Renowned Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti poses in front of a Christmas tree during a press conference in Milan, Italy, in this Thursday, Dec. 21 1995 file photo. Pavarotti probably won't attend an award ceremony in northern Italy Wednesday Dec. 6, 2006 night in what would have been his first public appearance since cancer surgery last summer, organizers of the event said. Last week, the Donizetti Theater in Bergamo said that the opera star was coming to the Bergamo Music Festival to accept the Donizetti Prize Wednesday night. But a theater spokeswoman, Raffaella Valsecchi, said Tuesday Dec. 5, 2006 that organizers had been informed that the

Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings during a rehearsal on stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Great Britain, April 11, 1995. Pavarotti sings the role of Gustavus III in the first act of the Verdi opera

Opera singers Placido Domingo, left, Jose Carreras, center, and Luciano Pavarotti embrace during

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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti is shown in New York City, Feb. 8, 1973. The 37-year-old native of Modena, Italy, started his career in 1961 in Italy, made his American debut in 1965 and has been with the Metropolitan Opera since 1968. (AP Photo)