The Little Mermaid / Brazilian Portuguese cast

A Pequena Sereia (1990)

The Little Mermaid

Marisa Leal

(September 14, 1958 - )

Gabriela Ferreira

(October 30, 1975 - )

Kiara Sasso

(January 27, 1979 - )

1990 original cast
1990 cast with 1998 modifications

Cast

BR Portuguese name

Original name

Voices

Ariel

Marisa Leal (speaking) & Gabriela Ferreira (singing)

Príncipe Eric

Prince Eric

Garcia Júnior

Úrsula

Ursula

Zezé Motta (speaking & singing)

Vanessa

Myriam Peracchi (speaking & singing)

Sebastião

Sebastian

André Filho (speaking & singing)

Linguado

Flounder

Patrick de Oliveira

Rei Tritão

King Triton

Joaquim "Luis" Motta

Sabidão

Scuttle

Mário Monjardim

Pedro e Juca

Jetsam & Flotsam

Rodney Gomes

Chefe Louis

Chef Louis

Telmo Perle Münch (speaking & singing)

Grimsby

Dário Lourenço

Carlotta

Estelita Bell

Cavalo Marinho

Seahorse

Cleonir dos Santos

Irmãs da Ariel

Ariel's sisters

Isis Koschdoski

Iara Riça

Choir (1990)

Quarteto em Cy
Myriam Peracchi
Kaleba Villela
Célia Vaz

Jorge Jeffersom
Gelson Ramos da Costa
Jayme Rocha

Songs

« História Do Mar » (« Fathoms Below »)

performed by : Jorge Jeffersom ; Gelson Ramos da Costa ; Jayme Rocha

« Filhas de Tritão » (« Daughters of Triton »)

performed by : Quarteto em Cy

« Parte de Seu Mundo » (« Part Of Your World »)

performed by : Gabriela Ferreira (Ariel)

« Parte de Seu Mundo (Reprise) » (« Part Of Your World (Reprise) »)

performed by : Gabriela Ferreira (Ariel)

« Aqui No Mar » (« Under the Sea »)

performed by : André Filho (Sebastian) & Choir

« Pobres Corações Infelizes » (« Poor Unfortunate Souls »)

performed by : Zezé Motta (Ursula) ; Jodi Benson (Ariel's vocalizations)

« Les Poissons »

performed by : Telmo Perle Münch (Chef Louis)

« Beije A Moça » (« Kiss the Girl »)

performed by : André Filho (Sebastian) & Choir

« Vanessa on the Beach »

performed by : Jodi Benson (Ariel's vocalizations)

« Canção de Vanessa » (« Vanessa's song »)

performed by : Myriam Peracchi (Vanessa)

« Ariel Gets Her Voice Back »

performed by : Jodi Benson (Ariel's vocalizations)

« Parte de Seu Mundo (Final) » (« Part Of Your World (Finale) »)

performed by : Choir

Cast

BR Portuguese name

Original name

Voices

Ariel

Marisa Leal (speaking) & Kiara Sasso (singing)

Príncipe Eric

Prince Eric

Garcia Júnior

Úrsula

Ursula

Zezé Motta (speaking & singing)

Vanessa

Myriam Peracchi (speaking & singing)

Sebastião

Sebastian

André Filho (speaking & singing)

Linguado

Flounder

Patrick de Oliveira

Rei Tritão

King Triton

Joaquim "Luis" Motta

Sabidão

Scuttle

Mário Monjardim

Pedro e Juca

Jetsam & Flotsam

Rodney Gomes

Chefe Louis

Chef Louis

Telmo Perle Münch (speaking & singing)

Grimsby

Dário Lourenço

Carlotta

Estelita Bell

Cavalo Marinho

Seahorse

Cleonir dos Santos

Irmãs da Ariel

Ariel's sisters

Isis Koschdoski

Iara Riça

Choir (1998)

Alfredo Liryo
Ronaldo Victorio
Simô
Eliomar Fernandes
Maurício Luz
Nadja Daltro

Juliana Franco
Cidália Castro
Márcia Coutinho
Fernanda Capelli
Kika Tristão
Deco Fiori

Songs

« História Do Mar » (« Fathoms Below »)

performed by : Men's Choir

« Filhas de Tritão » (« Daughters of Triton »)

performed by : Quarteto em Cy (?) [1990 version)

« Parte de Seu Mundo » (« Part Of Your World »)

performed by : Kiara Sasso (Ariel)

« Parte de Seu Mundo (Reprise) » (« Part Of Your World (Reprise) »)

performed by : Kiara Sasso (Ariel)

« Aqui No Mar » (« Under the Sea »)

performed by : André Filho (Sebastian) & Choir
André Filho sang the song again with the new choir.

« Pobres Corações Infelizes » (« Poor Unfortunate Souls »)

performed by : Zezé Motta (Ursula) [1990 version) ; Kiara Sasso (Ariel's vocalizations)

« Les Poissons »

performed by : Telmo Perle Münch (Chef Louis) [1990 version)

« Beije A Moça » (« Kiss the Girl »)

performed by : André Filho (Sebastian) & Choir [1990 version)

« Vanessa on the Beach »

performed by : Jodi Benson (Ariel's vocalizations)

« Canção de Vanessa » (« Vanessa's song »)

performed by : Myriam Peracchi (Vanessa) [1990 version)

« Ariel Gets Her Voice Back »

performed by : Jodi Benson (Ariel's vocalizations)

« Parte de Seu Mundo (Final) » (« Part Of Your World (Finale) »)

performed by : Choir
The new choir performed that final song again in 1998 as the lyrics, just like the main song, were partly changed. The title remained the same in both versions.

Technical Staff

1990 version

Telmo Perle Münch
Cyva Ribeiro de Sá Leite
Telmo Perle Münch
Telmo Perle Münch
Jorge Rueda (?)
Carlos de la Riva (?)
?
Roberto Carvalho
Hedda Dantas
?
Delart Estúdios Cinematográficos
Rob Filmes

Dubbing director
Musical director
Translator
Lyricist
Sound engineer (dialogues)
Sound editing (dialogues)
Sound engineer (songs)
Technical Manager (songs)
Production Coordinator
Creative Supervisor
Dubbing studio
Dubbing studio (songs)

1998 modifications

Marcelo Coutinho
Kiara Sasso
Luiz Guilherme D'Orey
Double Sound

Musical director
Lyricist (adjustments)
Sound engineer (songs)
Dubbing studio (songs)

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Sources : VHS, TV & DVD credits / Soundtrack / Marisa Leal (Seahorse + Ariel's sisters) / Cyva ("Daughters of Triton" Choir) / Kiara Sasso (1998 lyrics)

Release dates :
Brazil - November 30, 1990 (São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro Premiere)
Brazil - December 21, 1990 (1st Brazilian dubbing)
Brazil - January 16, 1998 (1st Brazilian dubbing with 1998 modifications)
The 1990 version with the 1998 modifications is today the official Brazilian version of the movie.
It's still unknown to this date why Brazil used a totally different voice for Vanessa (Ursula's human form using Ariel's voice).
In the first version, the final line of the song "Fathoms Below" wasn't dubbed and just left in instrumental. That difference was corrected in 1998 when the new choir performed the song.
Marcelo Coutinho, the Musical director in 1998, explained in an interview that the partial redubbing was ordered by Disney following the lack of energy in Gabriela's voice (Ariel's singing voice) and the lack of feelings and energy from the choir. It explains why the choir songs and Ariel's songs were redubbed. However, while André Filho performed again the song "Under the Sea" with the new choir in 1997, the song "Kiss the Girl" was left untouched, with the 1990 choir and André's original performance.
While the movie now countains the 1998 version of "Under the Sea", with the new performance of André Filho and the new choir, it's the 1989 version of the song that can be heard on the 2006 Soundtrack.
There's been two mixing mistakes made, first in 1998, then in 2006, in the song "Poor Unfortunate Souls" :
In 1998, the final line ["This poor unfortunate souls", just before the magic formula], with the original Brazilian lyrics "Ganhei o que eu queria" - the "Ga" syllable was cut out.
Then, in 2006, the line "Keep singing" ["Continue cantando" in Brazilian Portuguese] during Ariel's voice was also cut out.
Those two errors weren't fixed in the 2013 DVD/BLU-RAY release.
Gabriela was just 15 years-old when she sang for Ariel. She quit the musical world soon after, in 1992, as she didn't enjoy it anymore.
Kiara Sasso, as for her, was just 18 years-old when she lent her singing voice to the character.
Famous singer Emílio Santiago was in the competition to be Sebastian's voice, a role eventually won by voice actor André Filho.
Source : "O Fluminense" January 4, 1995
Joaquim "Luis" Motta, the voice of King Triton, was credited as Luiz Motta.
Luiz Guilherme D'Orey, the sound engineer of the songs in the partial redubbing (1998), was credited as L. G. d'Orey.