Sami Klein wrote:

>Try Israel in Egypt.

This is a very fine work.  I just wanted to point out that it has very
few arias.  Gardiner's version on Philips is my favorite.

Aaron Rabushka wrote:

>I would say that Serse (Xerxes) is as good a Handel opera to start
>with as any.

I have McGegan's version on Conifer, but I didn't find the music as
enjoyable as some other Handel operas.

In my previous posting, I neglected to mention that my recommendations
did not take into account any aspect of the plots, just the musical content
and my response to the how well I thought the music was in sync with the
human emotions.

Don Satz
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