Publications:
S. Scherr, English translation. Giacomo Puccini’s Birth Home. Gabriella Biagi Ravenni, ed. (Lucca: Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, 2011.)
---, translator and editor. English/French Libretto of Les pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet. Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1998.
---, translator and editor. English/Italian Libretto of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi. Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago,1998.
---, translator and editor. English/Italian Libretto of Idomeneo by W.A. Mozart. Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago,1997.
---, editor. ‘Amistad’ Sourcebook. Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1997.
---. “Editing Puccini’s Operas: The Case of ‘Manon Lescaut’.” Acta Musicologica, 1990, 62-81. Reprinted in
Italian translation in Puccini, edited by Virgilio Bernardoni, 329-353. Bologna: Società editrice il Mulino, 1996.
International Conferences (presentations/lectures/publications):
S. Scherr. "Chinese scholars prepare to study European opera", study session organizer and lead presenter, International Musicological Society. Athens (Greece): August 2022.
---. "Tempo in E lucevan le stelle (Puccini's Tosca)", International Musicological Society. Athens (Greece): August 2022.
---. “Tempo in Puccini soprano-baritone duets”, International Musicological Society-East Asia, School of Music, Soochow University, Suzhou (China): October 2019.
---. “Musical setting in response to versification: Il trittico compared to Francesca da Rimini, Lodoletta, and La leggenda di Sakùntala”, Centro di studi Giacomo Puccini Il trittico 100th anniversary of Italian première, Lucca (Italy): July 2019.
---. “Need for online database of Chinese opera rehearsals/performances:teaching/learning regional Chinese opera”, International Council Traditional Musics, International Forum on Approaches to Research on Music and Dance in the Internet Era, Central Conservatory, Beijing (China): July 2018.
---. “The influence of Chinese traditional drama, politics and modern media on current vocal performance practice: repertory of Chinese university schools of music”, Royal Music Association, Southeast Asia panel discussion leading presenter. Liverpool (UK): September 2017 .
---. "Figaro and Mulan 花木籣 ossia The Use of Stock Characters in Italian Opera Buffa and Central Chinese Henan Opera (豫剧)", International Musicological Society. Tokyo (Japan): March 2017.
S. Scherr and Chang Lei 常磊. "Training Opera Singers in Central China", Intercultural Transfers in Music 2016, Royal Musical Association (Southeast Asia Chapter). Singapore: April 2016.
S. Scherr. "Orchestral Story-Telling: Puccini's instrumental revisions", International Musicological Society. Rome (Italy): July 2012.
---. "Shaping Opera’s Future in North America." International Musicological Society. Leuven (Belgium): 2002.
---. “The Attractiveness of Tosca: impact of the opera on the U.S. public." In Tosca’s Rome Symposium. Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (Italy): 2000.
---. “The Chronology of Composition of Puccini’s ‘Manon Lescaut’.” Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi su Giacomo Puccini nel 70o anniversario della morte (Lucca, 25-29 novembre 1994). Lucca (Italy): Libreria Musicale Italiana Editrice: 1997, 81-109.
---. “La prima maturità composizionale di Puccini: transizione strutturale della scena da ‘Le villi’ ed ‘Edgar’ a ‘Manon Lescaut’.” In Convegno del centinario dell ‘La bohème’ di Giacomo Puccini, Torino (Italy): 1996.
---. “National and International Influences in the Formation of Puccini’s Early Compositional Style.” International Musicological Society Madrid (Spain): July 1992. Revista de musicologia 16, no.6 (1993): 3206-3216.
Master thesis:
S. Scherr, "Non-Determined Temporal Devices in Post-1960 Britten", University of California at Los Angeles. 1981.