Kurt Gänzl is one of the most important chroniclers of the world's history of music and theatre. His numerous works on the subject include "The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre" (1994, 2001), "The British Musical Theatre" (1986), "The Musical: A Concise History" (1997), "Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theatre" (1988) and biographies of such artists as Lydia Thompson (2002), Willie Gill (2002) and Emily Soldene ("In Search of a Singer", 2007).
Musical theatre expert and writer Kurt Gänzl has selected ten operettas and musicals from different periods and countries so you can get an idea of how vast the genre has been.