Barry asks:

>I would like to broaden my musical experience by exploring some operas of
>the baroque period.  I'm wondering if anyone can offer some suggestions as
>to where I might start?

You might start with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at one end of the period and
Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the other.  Also Handel's Acis and Galatea.
You may find that these are an acquired taste, though, so you might need
to give them a bit of time.

Jim Tobin