The British Arts Council has decided to bail out the English National Opera. “The decision was rushed through in less than 24 hours and comes as stalwarts of the ENO audience threatened to show their anger over the management’s cutbacks during tonight’s Coliseum premiere of Mussorgsky’s opera Khovanshchina.” How much money will be coming the ENO’s way was not revealed, but the council said it would be enough to “stabilize” the company’s operations.