by 1884, brocolini's marriage had ended in divorce, and lizzie had remarried the former singer carlos florentine, who had appeared in sullivan's "the zoo" (1875), and whom the clarks had known in london. florentine and lizzie, according to the press, had fallen on hard times and were being helped by the salvation army. the press made brocolini seem wealthy and heartless while his ex-wife starved. florentine, however, was working as a church musician in 1888, so it appears that the press coverage was unfair. brocolini next joined a comic opera company in montreal. he traveled to australia the following year, where he appeared with the williamson, garner and musgrove royal comic opera company beginning in april 1885, in melbourne with "la petite mademoiselle" by charles lecocq. he reprised the role of strephon in "iolanthe" in melbourne and sydney until june 1885. in october 1885 he was back in boston, appearing in "stradella" at the bijou theatre.