brocolini rejoined d'oyly carte and e. e. rice in a tour of "billee taylor" in april 1881, playing christopher crab. the tour continued into the summer of 1881, later under the auspices of the rice-goodwin lyric comedy company. he then played the role of dr kindergarten in nat goodwin's "dr syntax" at the boston museum, and, with his own paine-brocolini opera company, produced "fadette, or the days of robespierre" and "the rose of the auvergne". in other non-d'oyly carte companies, brocolini played in "pinafore" and "patience" at haverley's theatre, brooklyn, in february 1882, and then toured as the pirate king, christopher crab, and captain corcoran with the boston comic opera company. at the fifth avenue theatre in october 1882, he again played christopher crab in "billee taylor". from late 1882 to the spring of 1883, he appeared with collier's standard opera company in the role of strephon in "iolanthe", the first work produced at the boston bijou theatre. with collier's at the bijou, he next appeared in the musical "pounce & co.", and then in "the sorcerer", as sir marmaduke pointdextre. in early 1884, brocolini played king hildebrand in new york's first production of "princess ida", at the fifth avenue theatre, produced by e. e. rice.