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Not to be too nostalgic, but singers on opera stages today can hardly do a an actual trill... Why?

I mean, it's not THAT hard. (mind you, I'm not saying an opera singer is easy! At all!)

.. Not that everyone has to have a Joan Sutherland's trill...But

I do have a theory for that... But I'll let you answer first.

... I've watched famous singers' masterclasses explaining trills in a way that makes absolutely no sense...go figure...

No, alternating two notes faster and faster isn't the way

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Anyway... this is my demonstration of a trill

(I'm sorry for the AWFUL quality, muffled and echoey but I just did it quickly in my kitchen) :

Basic trill:

https://voca.ro/12IHTez9xWcv

Prepared trill vs purely attacked trill

https://voca.ro/14ULuToDsy2w

A rough messa di voce on a trill

https://voca.ro/1e4Y9zA4LUld

Mid low chest voice trill

https://voca.ro/1b8cwHAMmcho

Wrong way to trill

https://voca.ro/1eMV244OfIlI

I have a few videos uploaded and would love to see you guys leave your honest reviews and help me improve

https://youtube.com/@sv2sa?si=r_lnX_qCg9TxOs5N

this is the link to my channel!

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The part of my voice I dislike the most is its "stuffy" quality, like I have a clogged nose. I attributed this to not having my soft palate high enough (mostly only true when singing contemporary songs), but when I pinch my nose the tone doesn't really change (except for nasal sounds), implying that the air doesn't really enter the nose when it doesn't need to.

Listening back, I realized that my voice leans so dark and unbalanced with lightness that it \*sounds\* nasal. I looked it up and it says it could be due to "over-opening" and "pharyngeal darkness", as well as the lack of forward resonance— all things I've been told I have issues with.

What do you think? What could be the fix for this? If you need a practical example, my account has clips of my singing for your reference. I still don't really know what to make of this.