Louis Hurley, a Sydney-based tenor, has established himself as a versatile and sought-after artist in the realm of classical music. He is a passionate operatic and concert performer in repertoire spanning the Baroque through to the 21st Century.

After completing a Bachelor of Music and Graduate Diploma of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Louis furthered his studies, as a Hazell Scholar, with a Master of Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London. Whilst in London, Louis made debuts as a soloist at Wigmore Hall, and at the Barbican Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Since returning to Australia, Louis has made debuts with a number of Australia's leading companies and orchestras. On the concert platform he has been a soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. In operatic roles Louis has been seen performing extensively with Pinchgut Opera, where he was the inaugural recipient of The Humanity Foundation Taryn Fiebig Scholarship, and with Melbourne Opera, West Australian Opera, and at the Adelaide Festival, where his performance of Flute/Thisby in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, was praised for ‘stealing the show’ (The Advertiser).

Also celebrated in the ensemble singing sphere, Louis is a core member of some of Australia’s premier vocal ensembles, including Australian Vocal Ensemble - AVÉ, The Song Company, and CASTALIA Vocal Consort.

The recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, Louis was the winner of the 2019 Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Competition and the Hans & Petra Henkell Award at the 2019 National Liederfest. An Artist with Melba Opera Trust in 2020 & 2021, as the recipient of the Joseph Sambrook Opera Scholarship, he is also an alumnus of Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artist Programme, and has since been made an Associate Artist with the company.