On track: Sound of Music star's enhanced voice

Fisher recently returned to the West End show after a fortnight's absence due to damaged vocal cords.

Now she is singing over a "click track" which enhances her voice during challenging songs such as The Lonely Goatherd and I Have Confidence.

She won her starring role on the West End stage by triumphing in the TV talent contest, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?

She has been criticised for miming, but the London Palladium said so-called "click tracks" were used in most West End musicals.

A London Palladium source said that Fisher was "just miming", adding: "If people are paying #50-plus for a ticket, they don't want to just listen to a CD of someone's voice." But a show spokesman insisted: "Connie is certainly not miming.

"Click tracks simply augment the voice on the high notes and they are used in most West End musicals.

"It is being used in this case specifically because Connie has been ill, but she is still singing." Fisher won her starring role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production through BBC1 talent contest How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?

It was announced recently that her weekly performances will be cut from eight to six. Aoife Mulholland, one of the runners-up on the TV show, will star in the remaining two performances.

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