ITunes Navigation: Genre = Artist = Album?

Having imported a large collection of CDs, I now see an inherent weakness in iTunes navigation methods.
It would seem natural to have the following "conversation" with iTunes:
Please show me all the artists in this genre.
(Thank you.)
Now please show me all the albums by one of those artists.
(Thank you.)
Now please play one of those albums for me.
(Thank you very much.)
It seems quite impossible to navigate iTunes in this way. Am I missing something? Or is this an enhancement I should request of Apple? If it's an enhancement request, does anyone else share this desire? (In searching the forum, I see no discussion of it.)
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Switch on Browsing in your iTunes, it displays three panes Genre, Artist and Album which allow you to filter your main view. There's an icon like an eye in the top right corner just click on it. Alternatively go to Edit>Show Browser.

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