BraviSEAmo!
| BraviSEAmo! | |
|---|---|
| Park | Tokyo DisneySea |
| Land / area | Mediterranean Harbor |
| Type | Nighttime water show |
| Opened | July 17, 2004 |
| Closed | November 13, 2010 |
| Designer | Yves Pépin, Oriental Land Company, Walt Disney Creative Entertainment
|
| Status | Closed |
BraviSEAmo! was a nighttime spectacular staged on the lagoon of Mediterranean Harbor at Tokyo DisneySea, the second park of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. Told almost entirely through music, water, fire and fireworks, it presented the meeting of two elemental spirits — Bellisea of the water and Prometeo of the fire — in one of the most technically ambitious harbour shows Disney had mounted to that date. The show opened on July 17, 2004, replacing DisneySea Symphony, and gave its final performance on November 13, 2010; it was succeeded by a Tokyo version of Fantasmic!, which opened on April 28, 2011.[1][2]
History
Planning began in 2002, the year after the park opened, when Oriental Land Company producer Koichi Sasamoto approached the French event-design company ECA2 and its director Yves Pépin — known for large-scale outdoor spectacles — to create an original nighttime show for the harbour. Walt Disney Creative Entertainment produced alongside them, and the result was conceived as a summation of Tokyo DisneySea itself: a story of the sea and of fire, the two elements embodied by the park's harbour and its volcano, Mount Prometheus.[1]
The production was engineered to an unusual standard. Prometeo, a mechanical phoenix 14 metres tall with a 32-metre wingspan, lived in a pit six metres deep in the lagoon floor and rose from beneath the water for each performance, its 40 flame-throwers and fireworks calibrated during full-scale prototype testing in Spain; Bellisea, 11 metres tall, was a figure formed from sculpted water. The show was the first Disney production to position its barges by GPS and to run its lighting, fountain and pyrotechnic control over a wireless network. Development and production cost about ¥3 billion, and daily preparation began at 1 a.m., when 16 pyrotechnicians started installing the show's 850 fireworks; 40 of a 60-strong trained crew worked each performance, which was staged once nightly at 7:25 p.m.[1][3]
BraviSEAmo! was presented by NTT DoCoMo throughout its run. Its replacement by Fantasmic! was announced on February 5, 2010, and the show closed on November 13, 2010, after a run of just over six years.[1]
The show
The performance opened as the harbour lights fell and mist drifted across the lagoon. Mickey Mouse entered in an aquatic chariot drawn by seahorses, dressed as a sea prince, and introduced the story "that only the Sea and Wind know" before withdrawing. Fountains from stationary barges then traced the music of Bellisea, the water spirit, who appeared as a woman made of flowing water, sprayed into form from a scaffold on her barge, and sang wordlessly across the harbour.[1]
Thunder and fireworks from Mount Prometheus announced Prometeo, who rose from the lagoon as a great mechanical phoenix, fire burning on the water around him and flames shooting from his wings. Waking, Bellisea sang again; Prometeo answered, the two voices harmonised, and the spirits drew together as the fountains erupted around them. In the climax the lovers took on each other's aspects — Prometeo's wings dissolving into curtains of sparks and blue light, Bellisea launching fireworks — before a final blaze of pyrotechnics over the harbour and the closing song, "Swept Away".[1]
The score, performed with almost no dialogue, was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Gavin Greenaway, with Lisbeth Scott providing Bellisea's vocals; "Swept Away" was written by Greenaway with lyrics by Donna Elaine Miller. A soundtrack album, BraviSEAmo! Complete, followed in 2007.[1]
See also
- Fantasmic!
- Believe! Sea of Dreams
- Mediterranean Harbor
- Tokyo DisneySea
- List of defunct Disney attractions
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 BraviSEAmo!. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-11-15.
- ↑ Fantasmic!. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-11-15.
- ↑ Water World: Tokyo DisneySea. Live Design. Retrieved 2026-11-15.