"Two Women" shows down side of new opera

SAN FRANCISCO Over a 40-year career David Gockley, the general director of the San Francisco Opera, has been the single leading force in commissioning new American work. He had more than 30 world premieres to his credit as general director of the Houston Grand Opera. In his nine years in San Francisco, he's racked up seven more, the latest being "Two Women" by Marco Tutino, which had its world premiere here on Saturday night. The eighth, Bright Sheng's "Dream of the Red Chamber," will have its p...