- Carmen and her named girlfriends try to predict their futures in a card game. Men are discussed in the abstract, but the conversation inadvertently turns to death when Carmen draws the death card.
- In La Boheme Mimi tells Musetta that her hands are cold so Musetta goes out and buys a muff.
- In Marriage of Figaro the countess and Susanna plot their revenge on the count. This probably doesn't count. However, Marcellina and Susanna have an extended exchange of insults that definitely qualifies.
- Despina in Cosi fan tutte advises the sisters to take new lovers while their current boy friends are away. Generic advice so it should count.
- In Die Fledermaus Adele pretends to her boss Rosalinde that her aunt is sick so she can accept an invitation to a party.
- In Fidelio Leonore, a woman pretending to be a man, successfully becomes engaged to a young woman, Marzelline. I'm not sure if this counts or not. For me it has layers of hidden meaning.
- In La Traviata Violetta and Flora are friends and invite each other to parties, but we see them only briefly talking.
- In Magic Flute Queen and Pamina plot to kill Saroastro. This probably doesn't count.
- The witch in Hansel and Gretel orders Gretel around while Hansel is frozen.
- In Elektra Elektra and Chrysothemis plot to murder Klytämnestra.
- In the opera Jenůfa Kostelnička tells her step-daughter Jenůfa that her baby has died, when in reality Kostelnička has killed him.
- In Otello Desdemona asks Emilia to put out her bridal gown and then asks to be buried in it. They discuss the Willow Song.
- In La Cenerentola the step-sisters get into some competitive bragging while constantly putting down Angiolina.
- Most of Dialogues of the Carmelites.
- In The Medium Madame Flora and her daughter Monica arrange seances. They talk mostly about the business.
This seems an entertaining game for opera plots. Try some of your own.
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