Helga Davis performed as a principal actor in the 25th-anniversary international revival of
Robert Wilson and
Philip Glass's opera
Einstein on the Beach. The New York Times described Davis' performance as "Compelling." Robert Wilson described Davis as "a united whole, with spellbinding inner power and strength." David Keenan, of
The Wire magazine, described Davis as "a powerful vocalist with an almost operatic range and all the bruised sensuality of Jeanne Lee." Davis' music career has included a stint in the rock band Women in Love, in the 1990s. More recently, Davis has starred in operas and theater pieces internationally, including Robert Wilson's
The Temptation of St. Anthony, libretto and score by
Bernice Johnson Reagon; her and
Toshi Reagon's ''
Octavia E. Butler's Parable Of The Sower,
Milton
by Katie Pearl and Lisa Damour; The Blue Planet,'' a multimedia theater piece, by
Peter Greenaway and
Saskia Boddeke; and Soho Rep's
Jomama Jones, Radiate, which was included in
The New Yorker theatre critic Hilton Als’s top ten list. Davis hosts the "Helga" podcast, live events for New Sounds and
WQXR-FM's Q2 Music. ==Awards and appointments==