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He made his debut as an opera singer in 1908 at the Teatro Bellini in  Naples and after the war first appeared at La Scala, Milan, in 1924. He made several successful guest  appearances at Covent Garden and other European opera houses in the 1930s\r\n\r\nDuring his operatic career in London Aurori met  Rupert D'Oyly Carte, Director of the D'Oyly Carte Company from 1913 to 1948, whose portrait he drew along with those of conductors and personalities associated with the company. Several of Autori's portraits were commisioned to appear in the periodical <i>The Tatler</i>, including his portraits of theatre impresario Charles Cochran, the writer H.G. Wells and the politician Ramsay Macdonald. \n\nIn 1927 Carte appointed his opera company's general manager, Richard Collet (1885-1946) to run the cabaret at the Savoy, which began in April 1929. He became his business manager, working for the company until his death in 1946. 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