Valerie Pitts is the second wife of Sir Georg Solti KBE was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi.
Who was Georg Solti’s second wife Valerie Pitts?
Valerie Pitts was born Ann Valerie and known as Lady Solti was a British television presenter who was one of the BBC’s original team of presenters during the 1950s. She left the program in 1960 to marry James Sargent who was the stage manager of the Sadler’s Wells Opera Company. She also worked at Granada Television.
Valerie Pitts got married to her husband Georg Solti in 1967 and remain happy until Georg Solti died in 1997. Valerie Pitts and her husband were blessed with two daughters named Gabrielle Solti and Claudia Solti.
Valerie Pitts is late and she died at home in London in March 2021 at the age of 83. She was born on August 19, 1937, in Leeds, United Kingdom. She was white and holds England nationality.
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