Musicology Annotation << Back The Problems of Contemporary Vocal Interpretation of 17th Century Italian Opera in the Aspect of Historically Informed Performance V.P. Fomina The article deals with the methods of vocal performance of Italian operas of the 17th century. The main problem is that the performance is not based on scientific knowledge in contemporary Russian theatre and concert practicе and the interpretation becomes stylistically unauthentic. Keywords: 17th century Italian opera, methods of vocal performance, contemporary Russian vocal school, historically informed performance. E-mail: tj-storm@mail.ru C. 28–32