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  1. 2. Ann Valerie, Lady Solti (née Pitts; 19 August 1937 – 31 March 2021) was a British television presenter who was one of the BBC 's original team of presenters during the 1950s. She left the programme in 1960 to marry James Sargent who was stage manager of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company. [3] She also worked at Granada Television.

  2. Sep 5, 2017 · The last interview given by Sir George Solti before his death, ... Valerie Pitts, when she went to interview him one Friday night at the Savoy for BBC Television, and stayed. ... She was married ...

  3. Apr 8, 2021 · Lady Valerie Solti, who has died at 83, was a former pupil of Leeds Girls’ High School who, as Valerie Pitts, became a BBC television presenter in the 1960s and married the Hungarian-British ...

  4. Sep 9, 2016 · Valerie Pitts, or Lady Solti as she is now known, has dedicated her life to music. ... Despite her being married and he separated, they fell in love and wed soon after. ... Sir Georg Solti, who ...

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  5. Lady Solti, who was born in Leeds, worked for the BBC under her maiden name, Valerie Pitts. She travels widely with her husband and makes music documentaries for BBC Radio. They have two daughters ...

  6. Apr 30, 2021 · That was not the full story: both Valerie Pitts and Georg Solti were married to other people, though neither had children. Nevertheless, he pursued her with flowers and telephone calls, even ...

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  8. Georg Solti was an international figure acclaimed as one of the great conductors of his generation. ... His second marriage in 1967 was to Valerie Pitts, 25 years his junior, after meeting her as ...