[1][2] Ida Doxat was born at Senožeče (Carniola), a mountain village a short distance inland to the north-east of Trieste and Koper.
[2] Doxat took singing lessons from Luise Dustmann and then, in 1889, made her stage debut at Halle as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser.
She continued to live at Weimar until 1939 despite having ceased to be a regular member of the company at the Court Theatre in 1904 or 1905 (sources differ).
[3] Critics of the time described her as an outstanding interpreter for productions calling for performances of high drama, with a particular depth of truthfulness and feeling, able to combine burning passion with formidable reserves of self control.
Notwithstanding her reputation as a Wagner singer, she also made noteworthy appearances in the Meyerbeer operas popular at the time, along with leading soprano roles in Fidelio and Don Giovanni.