Zeffirelli hospitalized in Rome

Franco Zeffirelli was in good condition at a Rome hospital after being admitted with an irregular heartbeat, his son said Tuesday.

“He’s doing well,” Luciano Zeffirelli said.

The 83-year-old Italian filmmaker was undergoing medical tests at San Giovanni hospital after being admitted late Monday with heart fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat, his son said. It wasn’t clear when he would be released, but it would likely be over the next few days, his son said.

Zeffirelli received an Oscar nomination for 1968’s “Romeo and Juliet” and won acclaim for the 1977 TV miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth.” He recently directed a production of Verdi’s “Aida” that opened the 2006-07 season at the La Scala opera house in Milan.