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 Monde mensuel Le Monde mensuel Le Monde mensuel was a French language monthly news magazine published in Paris, France, from 2010 to 2014. It mostly covered selected articles from "Le Monde" published in the preceding month. "Le Monde mensuel" was first published on 4 February 2010. It was a monthly news magazine published on the first Thursday of each month. The publisher of the monthly was Le Monde SA and the magazine had its headquarters in Paris. In addition to the articles of "Le Monde", the 120-page monthly also included a detailed analysis of news. The editorial team of "Le Monde mensuel"