I'm a beginner chess player and wantGames

Task prompt

I'm a beginner chess player and want to learn one opening properly rather than fumbling the first few moves every game, but I'm not sure where to start. Compare three classic White openings — the Italian Game, the Ruy López, and the Queen's Gambit as candidates. On Wikipedia, for each get a one-line summary of the core strategic idea and whether it's described as suited to beginners. On lichess.org's opening explorer, for each get the mainline first moves in algebraic notation and any popularity or win-rate stat it shows. On chess.com's opening explorer, for each get the mainline first moves and the win/draw percentages it shows. Then give me one concise recommendation naming the single opening I should learn first, with a clear reason weighing how easy the ideas are to grasp, how tactical vs positional it is, and how popular it is at lower levels, plus a single runner-up. Keep it to a few sentences a busy beginner could act on.