"I am very happy, and most elements‹apart from perhaps 10 percent‹went as I had hoped," he added. "If I could go back, I would have been able to correct some small details that perhaps escaped my notice during rehearsals."
Pavarotti made his professional debut as Rodolfo in La bohme in 1961. He performed in his last opera last year and is currently in the midst of a worldwide farewell concert tour.