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
ADFE-Français du Monde ADFE-Français du Monde The Français du Monde - ADFE, also known as "Association démocratique des Français de l'étranger - Français du Monde" (Association of French people overseas - French of the World), "ADFE-FdM", "ADFE" and "Français du Monde", is a French group with a worldwide presence. It was established in 1980 , and was quite active in obtaining in 1982 the right for French citizens living overseas to elect their own representatives to a consultative assembly, the "Conseil Superieur des Français de l'Etranger" (CSFE), the denomination of which was modified in 2004 in "Assemblée des Français de l'étranger" (AFE), electing