Ignaz Walter (composer)
Johann Ignaz Walter (also Waldert) (born August 31, 1755 in Radonitz (Radonice u Kadaně), Bohemia ; † February 22, 1822 in Regensburg ) was a German opera singer (tenor) and composer of Bohemian origin. He was the son of the hat maker Leopold Waldert and his wife Eva Theresia geb. Pandl.
Life
Walter made his successful debut as a singer in Prague in 1777 . The tenor worked at the Mainz Theater around 1788, after which he moved to Northern Germany, where, in addition to Hanover, he also performed regularly at the newly founded Bremen Theater am Ostertor. Walter was soon able to neglect his career as a singer, as he quickly became much more in demand as a composer. He composed around 20 operas and a number of stage music, but also chamber music. Ignaz Walter presented the first opera after Goethe's Faust to the public on December 27, 1797 in Bremen. He stayed in Bremen until 1804, after which he was musical director of the court theater in Regensburg. Walter was soon able to neglect his career as a singer, as he quickly became much more in demand as a composer.
Works (selection)
- Operas
- Doctor Faustus. Romantic original opera in 4 acts; 1st version . ( Libretto by Heinrich Gottlieb Schmieder )
- Doctor Faustus. Romantic original opera in 4 acts; 2nd version . (Libretto by Christoph Andreas Mämminger )
- The Count of Waltron or the Subordination. Opera in 5 acts . (Libretto by Johann Baptist Bergopzoomer )
- Löwenstein's ghost on hiking trails or the Teufelsmühle on Wienerberg. Magic opera in 3 acts . (Libretto by Heinrich Weiner )
- The mirror knight. Opera in 3 acts . (Libretto by August von Kotzebue )
- The devil's pleasure palace. Magic opera in 3 acts . (Libretto by August von Kotzebue)
- Singing games
- The beaten devil. Singspiel in 1 act .
- The bad woman. Funny original Singspiel in 2 acts . (Libretto by Karl Alexander Herklots )
- 25,000 guilders or in the dark is not good rumor. Singspiel in 3 acts . (in cooperation with Christian Heinrich Spieß )
- The Merchant of Smyrna. Singspiel in 1 act . (Libretto by Christian Friedrich Schwan )
- Peter, you stay or the house friend in the country. Singspiel in 1 act .
- The potion of immortality. Singspiel in 4 acts . ( Christian August Vulpius )
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Walter, Ignaz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 53rd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, p. 16 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Till Gerrit Waidelich: Perhaps he stuck to the French original too strictly. A plagiarism by Kotzebue as a libretto for Walter, Reichardt and Schubert. In: Schubert through glasses. 16/17, 1996, ZDB -ID 1083172-1 , pp. 95-109.
Web links
- Ignaz Walter in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Heike Nasritdinova: Walter, Johann Ignaz Joseph . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
- Ignaz Walter at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka: Johann Ignaz Walter - the composer of the first Faust opera? Diploma thesis, 2010.
- Euregio family book: http://www.familienbuch-euregio.de/genius?person=31329
- Christening Johann Ignaz Waldert: http://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=09ddd7cea03b9b8d:30bdd2c7:1201ea2ef5b:-742e&scan=47#scan47
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SURNAME | Walter, Ignaz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walter, Johann Ignaz (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) and composer of Bohemian origin |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1755 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Radonitz near Perutz , Bohemia |
DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1822 |
Place of death | regensburg |