Caprino Bergamasco

Caprino Bergamasco (Bergamasque: Cavrì) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Milan and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Bergamo.

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,908 and an area of 8.6 square kilometres (3.3 sq mi).

[3] The municipality of Caprino Bergamasco contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Sant'Antonio d'Adda, Celana, Opreno, Perlupario, Formorone and Ombria.

The village was home to a hotel for artists run by librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni in the 1880s.

[4] It was in Caprino Bergamasco that Fontana wrote the libretto for Giacomo Puccini's opera Edgar.