Born in Naples, D'Auria began his career as a conductor in his native country in the 1860s. He toured to the United States in 1881-1882 as the conductor for
Adelina Patti's concert tour. He liked the country so much that he immigrated to the United States soon after, working as a conductor in New York City and Cincinnati in the mid-1880s. In 1887, D'Auria moved to Canada to join the voice faculty of the
Toronto Conservatory of Music where he taught for 8 years. Among his notable pupils there were
W. H. Hewlett,
Edith Jane Miller, and
J. D. A. Tripp. In 1890, he formed and conducted the short lived Toronto Symphony Orchestra (no relation to the current orchestra of that name) which gave several concerts during the early 1890s but disbanded due to financial reasons. In 1895, he joined the faculty of the
Winnipeg Conservatory where he remained for two years. D'Auria returned to the United States in 1897, living and working as a music teacher and conductor in Minneapolis for several years. He returned to Canada in 1904, settling in Vancouver where he was active as a teacher and choir conductor. The Vancouver Daily World reported of his death on August 24, 1919, at St. Paul's Hospital, and the Vancouver Province ran an obituary on August 25, where it states that he left a widow and two children, soprano Margherita D'Auria-Eaton and Captain Victor D'Auria. ==References==