Helah is a chamber opera in the cuicatl-opera style that tells the story of an indigenous mother who dies while giving birth to a mestizo daughter. The work occurs in a place outside of time and space, as they both imagine each other. This works marks the first time that cuicatl was performed on U.S. soil, and it marks many other firsts in the United States, including the first time that the nahuatl poem adapted for the text of the work (by the pre-contact poet Tlaltecatzin of Cuauhchinanco) has been activated in performance style in the entire history of the United States.

The work has scenic direction by Priscella Uvalle, who was also the cuicatl performer (one of a handful in the world), and mezzo-soprano Cecy Duarte.

The work premiered inside the Rothko Chapel and was originally commissioned by Houston Grand Opera.