Cryptic crossword clue
Daughter thrown by composer’s instant operatic realism 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word VERISMO

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What does VERISMO mean?

VERISMO noun
  1. An artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner

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