I agree that any of the plants you listed are a good choice for a beginner. If you get a N. alata, though, make sure it's a real alata and not a ventrata.
I had a N. x Judith Finn for a few years before I traded it off. I never had any trouble getting it to pitcher, but I agree that they are hard to kill. Mine was supposed to be a N. madagascariensis, and I didn't realize it wasn't until it had grown quite a bit. I was under the impression that N. madagascariensis liked to dry out between waterings, and I must confess that I was a little brutal with the plant. It didn't miss a beat and seemed even to thrive under the treatment, developing thick fleshy leaves like a succulent. There are very few pictures of a large mature N. x Judith Finn, but they are absolutely stunning plants when they get big.
Another good choice for you might be a N. x effulgent koto. I had one I was growing as a houseplant, actually several plants in a big pot, which grew like a weed indoors and then grew like a weed outside on my porch in the summer. It was always loaded with long graceful pitchers. (I had to sell it last year because I ran out of room and couldn't bring in another big plant–it was a bushy 4 feet tall!) The pitchers on those are mostly green, but they are utterly beautiful when backlit by the sun.
A word of advice: Put your plants in bigger pots than you might think necessary. Give the roots some room to expand. Happy roots = happy plants.