Image Lelya in "The spring fairy tale" of A.N. Ostrovsky and in the opera by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov "Snow maiden"

Article is devoted to disclosure of an image Lelya: musical and art. In article considered the prototype the shepherdess Lelya, his etymology. The characteristic of the given character understands the play «Snow Maiden» by A.N. Ostrovsky and the opera of the same name of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Brightness of an image is analyzed in the third song Lelya «the cloud arranged to a thunder …».