Some of his more well known compositions include the cantatas The Sea King's Bride (1890), Crusader's Ransom (1891), and Gulnare (1892); the latter of which is considered his best and most innovative work.
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.
[1] In 1887, D'Auria moved to Canada to join the voice faculty of the Toronto Conservatory of Music where he taught for 8 years.
[1] D'Auria returned to the United States in 1897, living and working as a music teacher and conductor in Minneapolis for several years.
[1] 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.