Johann Ignaz Walter (31 August 1755 – 22 February 1822)[1] was an operatic tenor, opera director and composer in Austria and Germany.
Walter was born in 1755 Radonice (now in the Czech Republic).
He trained in singing when he was young, then from 1773 studied composition in Vienna with Josef Starzer.
In 1786 he married Julia Roberts, an opera singer, and they afterwards appeared together, including in Mainz at the court theatre of the Elector.
[1][2] In 1793 he joined the opera company of Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann, with whom he appeared in Kassel, Pyrmont, Bremen, Hanover and other cities.