Melissa Errico Starts Blog; Talks CSC's PASSION, Surgery and More!

Broadway veteran Melissa Errico announced early last month that she would be undergoing a surgery to repair a blood vessel on her vocal chord. In April Errico had to depart the Classic Stage Company production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion to go on vocal rest. Now, the singer has started a blog to document her experiences.

"By "Sunrise Letter," I wasn't myself," she wrote toward the end of her first post. "

The next day, I was on stage and my voice faltered midway. By Sunrise Letter, I wasn't myself. I was losing strength and I would breathe my normal pressure into a musical line and much less sound would come. My senses became heightened and I felt fear and confusion pulse through me. I wanted to be back to yesterday, when everything was just lovely. My mind struggled in those few moments on stage, and my body wasn't getting a response. I wanted to be back to yesterday, when everything was just lovely."

Errico teases her second blog with "the score to PASSION, the soprano, the voice, the doctors, the twist..." BWW will be sure to check back for the latest updates!

Melissa Errico has starred in seven Broadway musicals and released two major solo cds: Blue Like That (EMI) and Lullabies and Wildflowers (VMG/Universal). In 2003, Melissa won a Tony-nomination for Best Leading Actress in the Broadway musical AMOUR, composed by multi-Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand (Yentl), her musical idol, who went on to orchestrate and conduct a 100-piece symphony for the recording of Legrand Affair produced by Phil Ramone, which was released October 18th 2011.

During the summer of 2011, Melissa co-starred with Alec Baldwin in GIFT OF THE GORGON by Peter Shaffer, and reprised CAMELOT with Jeremy Irons for one-night only on Broadway at The Shubert Theater. She recently starred in Classic Stage Company's Passion and has appeared in sold out concerts at both 54 Below and Joe's Pub.

For more: www.melissaerrico.com.