Vladimir Stasov
Among the specialists, though, there were detractors. "Vyaltseva sings her romances with too much chastity, her style is clinically sterile and in a way too dry," critic V.P.Kolomiytsev opined. She has been called "high priestess of banality", while Vladimir Stasov hated her so passionately as to use mostly expletives while mentioning the singer and her style, not only in conversations, but in his letters.