Johann Ignaz Walter (31 August 1755 – 22 February 1822)
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, opera director and composer in Austria and Germany.

Life

Walter was born in 1755 Radonice (now in the

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). He trained in singing when he was young, then from 1773 studied composition in

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with Josef Starzer. His first stage appearance is thought to be in Vienna. During the 1780s he appeared as principal tenor in

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, then in

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. In 1786 he married Julia Roberts, an opera singer, and they afterwards appeared together, including in

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at the court theatre of the

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. In 1793 he joined the opera company of

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, with whom he appeared in

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, Pyrmont,

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and other cities. From 1795 he was entrusted as artistic director, and he took over the management of the company after Großmann's death in 1796; the company subsequently performed in Bremen, Hanover and elsewhere. From 1804 Walter was theatre director in

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. He died there in 1822.

Works

Walter composed several operas, operettas and

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e, and other vocal works, including the opera ''Doctor Faust'' (1797).

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