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).
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
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Wilson, Conrad (2008). Giacomo Puccini. London, U.K.: Phaidon Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780714847757.
Edgar had been completed at Caprino Bergamasco, in the hills between Lecco and Bergamo, because that was where Fontana spent much of his time and Ghislanzoni ran his artists' hotel, Il Barco. Today the tiny village is dominated by a restaurant and stables called La Staffa ('The Stirrup') and nobody seems to remember Il Barco.
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