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 Divan du Monde was later replaced by an erotic theatre. In 1994, it was reopened as Le Divan du Monde ('The World Divan'), featuring world music concerts. In the context if those concerts, Le Divan du Monde hosts dancers for all genre. The Hip Hop dancers Bintou Dembélé danced there in the late 1990s, for instance. In November 2009, it was completely redecorated, and now hosts events from concerts to club nights. Le Divan du Monde Le Divan du Monde ('The Divan of the World') is a converted theatre, now functioning as a concert space, located at 75 rue des Martyrs, in the