Caprino Bergamasco (Bergamasque: Cavrì) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,908 and an area of 8.6 km2. The municipality of Caprino Bergamasco contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Sant'Antonio d'Adda, Celana, Opreno, Perlupario, Formorone and Ombria. Caprino Bergamasco borders the following municipalities: Cisano Bergamasco, Palazzago, Pontida, Roncola, Torre de' Busi.

Opera connection

The village was home to a hotel for artists run by librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni in the 1880s. Fellow librettist Ferdinando Fontana was a frequent visitor. It was in Caprino Bergamasco that Fontana wrote the libretto for Giacomo Puccini's opera Edgar.

Demographic evolution