Le voyage dans la lune (operetta) but due to the need to raise the necessary money he did not take up the project. Eventually Albert Vizentini, the new directeur of the Gaîté, took up the idea, and Offenbach's contribution was limited to that of composer. Albert Vanloo and Eugène Leterrier, in association with Arnold Mortier (columnist at Figaro), wrote the libretto. They were hoping for a repeat of the success of the novels of Jules Verne (another, the novel "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours", had been adapted for the stage at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin by Verne himself in 1874) and the
Le Jardin du Luxembourg (song) Le Jardin du Luxembourg (song) Le Jardin du Luxembourg is a song by Joe Dassin. It was the first track of side 1 of his 1976 album "Le Jardin du Luxembourg". The female vocals are by Dominique Poulain. The song was written specially for Dassin by Vito Pallavicini and Toto Cutugno. The French lyrics were written by Claude Lemesle. The song will be later covered by Dassin himself in Spanish under the title "En los jardines de mi ciudad". The italian version (by Vito Pallavicini and Toto Cutugno), titled "Quindici minuti di un uomo", was recorded by Albatros (a band