Louis Hurley

Sydney-based tenor Louis Hurley is a passionate operatic and concert performer whose repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the 21st century. After completing a Bachelor of Music degree and a Graduate Diploma of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), he furthered his studies, as a Hazell Scholar, with a Master of Music degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. While in London, he made soloist debuts at Wigmore Hall, and at the Barbican Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Since returning to Australia, he has performed with a number of Australia’s leading opera companies and orchestras. On the concert platform he has appeared as a soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, Pinchgut Opera and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
On the opera stage, he has performed extensively with Pinchgut Opera, where he was the inaugural recipient of The Humanity Foundation Taryn Fiebig Scholarship, as well as with Melbourne Opera and West Australian Opera, and in the Adelaide Festival, with a show-stealing performance of Flute/Thisbe in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is also seen performing regularly in some of Australia’s premier vocal ensembles, including The Song Company, Cantillation, and AVÉ (Australian Vocal Ensemble).

Bio updated October 2025